California Court of Appeal

Policies requiring federal preemption of a challenge to an underlying authorized bankruptcy action do not apply to an action for malicious prosecution, where the underlying action for fraud is not fundamentally based upon federal law, or specifically of a core bankruptcy character.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/14/2002
• Published 06/14/2002

Judges

• HUFFMAN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Hovey & Kirby, Dean T. Kirby, Jr., and Martin T. McGuinn, San Diego, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Klinedinst, Fliehman & McKillop, G. William VanDeWeghe, Jr., Kendra J. Hall and Natalie P. Vance, San Diego, for Defendants and Respondents.