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· 6/21/1993

In the Matter of Jakov Bulic, Doing Business as Stone Lodge Motel, and Olean Bulic, Doing Business as Stone Lodge Motel, Debtors-Appellants

Citations

  • 997 F.2d 299
  • 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 15113
  • 24 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 664
  • 1993 WL 218443

How courts have described this case

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  • dismissing case for failure to timely designate after finding of fact that bankruptcy case not filed in good faith but as litigation tactic in family feud
  • applying issue preclusion to prevent debtors from relitigating issues decided by Indiana state court
  • affirming dismissal where: (1) appellant filed designation of items and statement of issues on appeal a few days late; (2) appellant’s counsel failed to read or follow the current Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure; and (3) appellant exhibited bad faith
  • “The bankruptcy court could not re-examine either the existence or the amount of the debt unless the debtor could attack the judgment as being obtained by extrinsic fraud.”

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Judges: Easterbrook, Kanne, Will

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