Lukas v. Bottagaro (In Re Bottagaro)

How courts have described this case

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• “Even though a bankruptcy court is required to look behind a lower court judgment in determining dischargeability ... where the claims are actually and necessarily decided by consent in previous litigation, collateral estoppel applies.
• Consent judgments ... represent a final decision on the merits ... where the parties intended the stipulation ... to adjudicate the issues raised. The court properly precluded ... relitigating those issues in a nondischargeability action.

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