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· 1/15/1991

Grogan v. Garner

Citations

  • 498 U.S. 279
  • 111 S. Ct. 654
  • 112 L. Ed. 2d 755
  • 1991 U.S. LEXIS 482

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that prior finding by preponderance standard cannot be given collateral estoppel effect in proceeding governed by clear and convincing standard
  • holding that preponderance of the evidence is applicable standard for exceptions to discharge under section 523(a)
  • concluding that the appropriate standard of proof for § 523(a) actions is by a preponderance and suggesting that it is the same under § 727
  • holding that evidentiary questions involving the discharge of individual debts under 11 U.S.C. § 523 should be judged under a “preponderance” standard
  • holding that the \standard of proof for the dischargeability exceptions\ in 11 U.S.C. § 523(a) is the ordinary preponderance-of-lhe-evidence standard
  • holding that preponderance of the evidence standard, rather than clear and convincing standard, applies to all exceptions to discharge

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Judges: Stevens

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