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· 5/18/1988

In Re Klaus Hubert Goerg, Debtor. Klaus Hubert Goerg v. Edgardo L. Parungao

Citations

  • 844 F.2d 1562
  • 18 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 1125
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 6507
  • 17 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 1251
  • 1988 WL 40216

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  • finding that the probate exception “has no bearing on federal question jurisdiction”
  • explaining that probate exception applies only to diversity jurisdiction
  • “[W]e conclude that the Code’s definition of ‘person,’ and therefore its definition of “debtor,” excludes insolvent decedents’ estates.”
  • Congress intended that bankruptcy courts have “maximum flexibility” in crafting appropriate orders

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Judges: Clemon, Roney, Tjoflat

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