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2011AP2481 In re the commitment of John Whiteman
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10-2757 In re Davis
Bankruptcy Discharge; fraud A judgment pursuant to a state’s home improvement act can be discharged in bankruptcy. “At bottom, this case involves a miscommunication, not fraud. Reeves and Davis had different understandings of what was included in the contract. The state court found Reeves’s understanding to be the correct one. But only if Davis in […]
09-12461-7 In re Rieck
Bankruptcy Discharge; fraud Summary judgment on a debt’s nondischargeability for fraud is inappropriate where the debtor is a contractor, and there is a factual dispute whether he was negligent or committed an intentional theft. “In essence, there is a dispute as to which of the company’s principals was the ‘intentional’ tortfeasor and which, if either, […]
08-16947-7 In re Casper
Bankruptcy Discharge; exceptions; misrepresentation Where both the debtor and the creditor were engaged in a property flipping scheme, the creditor’s reliance on the debtor’s misrepresentations was not reasonable, and the debt can be discharged in bankruptcy. “It is also true that the fresh start offered by the bankruptcy code is limited to the ‘honest but […]
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