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· 8/26/2008

Sells v. Porter

Citations

  • 539 F.3d 889
  • 60 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 580
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 18232
  • 50 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 124
  • 104 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 343
  • 2008 WL 3897513

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding that debtor’s sexual harassment and retaliation could not plausibly be attributed to “benign or reckless intent”
  • affirming Bankruptcy Court’s holding that the state trial court’s analogous sexual harassment judgment precluded relitigation of whether the defendant-debtor willfully caused the plaintiff-creditor injury for purposes of Section 523(a)(6) discharge
  • “The collateral estoppel doctrine applies in bankruptcy proceedings brought under § 523(a)(6).”

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Judges: Loken, Gibson, Melloy

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