First National Bank of Olathe, Kansas v. Thomas M. Pontow Ann M. Pontow

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 1997-04-17

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FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge. A bankruptcy court rejected a bank’s attempt to bar the discharge of a bankrupt’s indebtedness to the bank under § 523(a)(2)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code. The bankruptcy court held that the bank had not established two conditions for denying discharge under that provision: that the creditor had reasonably relied upon false information provided by the debtor,…

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