Hank Willms v. Rowe Sanderson, Iii

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• holding that we review for clear error the bankruptcy court’s factual findings
• stating that the timely resolution of nondischargeability complaints balances bankruptcy’s competing goals of providing a fresh start for debtors and insuring that “relief intended for honest debtors does not go to dishonest debtors”
• “A § 523 complaint focus[es] on the debtor’s prior dealings with an objecting creditor, rather than on actions which necessarily affect the rights of all creditors”
• “[Section] 105(a) is not a ‘roving commission to do equity.’ A bankruptcy court’s equitable powers ‘must and can only be exercised within the confines of the Bankruptcy Code’” (citations omitted).

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