Camelback Hospital, Inc. v. Buckenmaier (In Re Buckenmaier)

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• indicating that the two claims do not need to arise from the same transaction and may be of different character
• stating that contract and tort claims may be set off from each other
• stating that the meanings of claim and debt are coextensive
• creditor’s setoff of its contingent claim for contribution was not enjoined by Chapter 7 discharge
• “The Code does not create or expand the setoff right but instead merely preserves the common-law right under applicable non-bankruptcy law.”
• “Because the setoff right is an established part of our bankruptcy laws, it should be enforced ‘unless compelling circumstances .., ’ require otherwise.”

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