1993-1 Trade Cases P 70,178, Bankr. L. Rep. P 75,211 Payless Wholesale Distributors, Inc. v. Alberto Culver (p.r.) Inc.

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• characterizing Payless’ \plan” in bringing 20 claims against defendants following Payless’ discharge in bankruptcy as \[c]onceal[ing] your claims; get[ting] rid of your creditors on the cheap, and startling] over with a bundle of rights”
• debtor judicially estopped from asserting claim in later proceeding that was not disclosed in bankruptcy case
• “[Debtor’s conduct] is a palpable fraud that the court will not tolerate, even passively.”
• “Conceal your claims; get rid of your creditors on the cheap, and start over with a bundle of rights. This is a palpable fraud that the court will not tolerate, even passively.”
• Plaintiff “having obtained judicial relief on the representation that no claims existed, can not now resurrect them and obtain relief on the opposite basis.... Indeed, defendants may have a windfall. However, it is an unacceptable abuse of judicial proceedings.”

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