California Court of Appeal

Federal law preempts a state claim for malicious prosecution that arose from a federal bankruptcy, where the plaintiff first sought Chapter 7 protection and then filed the state claim against a creditor that opposed the bankruptcy.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/23/2002
• Published 01/23/2002

Judges

• CHARLES S. VOGEL, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Thomas N. Thomson, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Shapero, Shapero & Hurst, Martin M. Shapero, Steven J. Shapero, Woodland Hills, and E. Rich Hurst, for Defendant and Respondent.