Donaldson v. Ortenzo Hayes (In Re Ortenzo Hayes)

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “In order for a representation regarding future performance to be actionable under § 523(a)(2)(A), a debtor must lack an intent to perform when the promise was made.”
• “Whether conduct is tortious is determined by state law.”
• Section 523(a)(6) “applies only to intentional torts . . . when an intentional breach of contract is accompanied by tortious conduct which results in willful and malicious injury, the resulting debt is excepted from discharge under § 523(a)(6)”
• “Whether conduct is tortious is deter- mined by state law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).