In Re Howard I. Halpern, Debtor. Howard I. Halpern v. First Georgia Bank

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 1987-02-20

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KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge: Adjudications in the United States Bankruptcy Courts have often presented questions of how to reconcile the court’s exclusive jurisdiction responsibilities with res ju-dicata principles. The issue in this appeal involves a bankruptcy court’s application of collateral estoppel to a state court consent judgmen…

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