United States Ninth Circuit

Costs of attorney disciplinary proceedings brought by California State Bar are compensation for the bar's pecuniary loss and are thus dischargeable in bankruptcy under 11 USC 523(a)(7).

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/10/2001
• Published 05/10/2001

Judges

• B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  B. FLETCHER, O'SCANNLAIN and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Timothy L. Taggart, Bloomington, California, pro se, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marie M. Moffat, Lawrence C. Yee, Patricia D. Scotlan, and Robert M. Sweet, San Francisco, California, for the appellee.