Fleet National Bank v. Gray

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• rejecting a judicial estoppel claim because “[a]t no time did the bankruptcy court accept the legal or factual assertions of the complaint”
• refusing to apply judicial estoppel where prior proceeding ended in settlement
• “It is Fleet’s status as a secured creditor at that time, not later, that determines the nature of its present 502(h) claim.”
• “[W]e, like the district court, conclude that Fleet’s 502(h) claim would have the status of a prepetition secured claim[.]”
• “[W]e, like the district court, conclude that Fleet’s 502(h) claim would have the status of a prepetition secured claim[.]”
• court’s approval of parties’ settlement did not constitute acceptance of the plaintiff’s legal or factual assertions for purposes of judicial estoppel

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