Zohlman v. Zoldan

How courts have described this case

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

• requiring that “the Debtor stood in a fiduciary relationship to the Creditor”
• defining defalcation as “willful neglect”&emdash;something akin to recklessness or gross negligence.
• “Discharge provisions must be strictly construed against the creditor and liberally construed in favor of the debtor.”
• “Given the ever-expanding definition of what constitutes a ‘fiduciary,’ to couple this expansion with an equally expansive view of defalcation would defeat the fresh start objective of the bankruptcy law.”
• Under § 523(a)(4), “[cjonstructive or im plied trusts, or any trust where the existence of the trust is created merely on the basis of wrongful conduct (a trust ex male-ficio) do not create a fiduciary relationship.”
• New York common law creates fiduciary relationship among partners under Section 523(a)(4)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

45 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Denton v. Hyman
  Second Circuit· 2007-09-06· cited 164×
• Gentry v. Kovler (In Re Kovler)
  S.D. New York· 2000-01-14· cited 46×
• Sandak v. Dobrayel (In Re Dobrayel)
  S.D. New York· 2002-12-09· cited 46×
• Adamo v. Scheller (In Re Scheller)
  S.D. New York· 2001-07-25· cited 44×
• Indo-Med Commodities, Inc. v. Wisell (In re Wisell)
  E.D. New York· 2011-08-16· cited 34×
• Mirarchi v. Nofer (In re Nofer)
  E.D. New York· 2014-08-12· cited 33×
• Chao v. Duncan (In Re Duncan)
  E.D. New York· 2005-09-02· cited 29×
• Parklex Associates v. Deutsch (In re Deutsch)
  S.D. New York· 2017-10-18· cited 28×
• Yankowitz Law Firm, P.C. v. Tashlitsky (In re Tashlitsky)
  E.D. New York· 2013-06-24· cited 20×
• E. Armata, Inc. v. Parra
  E.D. New York· 2009-09-11· cited 16×
• James & Mary Artis v. West (In Re West)
  E.D. New York· 2006-03-21· cited 15×
• Chitester v. Watterson (In re Watterson)
  E.D. New York· 2015-01-08· cited 15×
• New York Ex Rel. Spitzer v. Suarez (In Re John Suarez)
  E.D. New York· 2007-03-23· cited 14×
• Pappas v. Gucciardo (In re Gucciardo)
  E.D. New York· 2017-11-21· cited 14×
• Whitaker Securities, LLC v. Rosenfeld (In re Rosenfeld)
  S.D. New York· 2015-12-16· cited 13×
• Board of Trustees v. Parker (In Re Parker)
  N.D. New York· 2008-05-07· cited 12×
• Giaimo v. Detrano (In Re Detrano)
  E.D. New York· 2001-07-10· cited 11×
• Denton v. Hyman (In Re Hyman)
  S.D. New York· 2005-01-21· cited 10×
• Denton v. Hyman (In Re Hyman)
  S.D. New York· 2005-11-30· cited 10×
• U.S. Home Corp. v. Los Prados Community Assoc., Inc. (In re U.S.H. Corp.)
  S.D. New York· 2002-07-12· cited 10×

Cites

55 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Grogan v. Garner
  Supreme Court· 1991-01-15· cited 5,972×
• Davis v. Aetna Acceptance Co.
  Supreme Court· 1934-12-03· cited 904×
• Bankr. L. Rep. P 70,935 Vance L. Ragsdale v. John Frederick Haller AKA Fred Haller
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-01-13· cited 359×
• In Re Manville Forest Products Corporation, Debtor. Gulf States Exploration Co. v. Manville Forest Products Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1990-02-07· cited 358×
• Chapman v. Forsyth & Limerick
  Supreme Court· 1844-02-27· cited 282×
• Joseph Gelb v. Royal Globe Insurance Company
  Second Circuit· 1986-08-08· cited 250×
• In the Matter of Simon Angelle, D/B/A Angelle's Lumber Co., Bankrupts. Simon Angelle v. Dr. Kenneth P. Reed
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-02-06· cited 248×
• In Re Gerald JOHNSON, Bankrupt, CARLISLE CASHWAY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gerald JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1982-10-20· cited 244×
• Meyer v. Rigdon
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-09-22· cited 239×
• Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. v. Herbst
  Second Circuit· 1937-12-06· cited 223×
• In Re Byron C. Lewis Irene Lewis, Debtors. Byron C. Lewis Irene Lewis v. Mitchell R. Scott
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-10-02· cited 176×
• Brooks v. Department of Health & Human Services
  Supreme Court· 1987-03-30· cited 145×
• Quaif v. Johnson
  Eleventh Circuit· 1993-10-19· cited 141×
• In Re Gloria Bonnanzio, Debtor. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. Gloria Bonnanzio
  Second Circuit· 1996-07-19· cited 125×
• In Re Jeannie Niles, Debtor. Rita G. Otto v. Jeannie Niles
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-02-12· cited 125×
• In the Matter Of: Bruce Barton Schwager, Debtor. Bruce Barton Schwager v. Meyer Fallas Fred Fallas William Cramer Malcolm Marcoe
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-08-22· cited 109×
• In the Matter of Samuel A. Moreno, Debtor. Samuel A. Moreno v. Michael Ashworth
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-01-22· cited 103×
• Woodworking Enterprises, Inc. v. Baird (In Re Baird)
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-03-22· cited 103×
• Bennett v. Bennett
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-05-21· cited 97×
• Schwalbe v. Gans (In Re Gans)
  S.D. New York· 1987-06-15· cited 97×