United States Tenth Circuit

In the context of bankruptcy law, 11 U.S.C. section 523(a)(7) does not render nondischargeable a debt incurred by a debtor who has guaranteed a bail bondsman to make the bondsman whole in the event a criminal defendant jumps bail.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/11/2008
• Published 09/12/2008

Judges

• EBEL, Circuit Judge., Before HARTZ, EBEL, and O'BRIEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Submitted on the briefs: , Bruce A. McKenna and Brandon J. Burris, of Glendening, McKenna & Prescott, Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Mac D. Finlayson, of Morrel Saffa Craige, P.C., Tulsa, OK, for Amicus Curiae.