United States Ninth Circuit

A valid state law claim need not be reduced to a pre-petition judgment to be non-dischargeable in bankruptcy.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/10/2001
• Decided 08/15/2001
• Published 08/15/2001

Judges

• HAGEN, District Judge:, Before:  MCKEOWN and FISHER, Circuit Judges, and HAGEN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven L. Hogan (argued), Erik M. Kowalewsky, Lurie & Zepeda, Beverly Hills, California;  Stephen F. Biegenzahn, Joel B. Weinberg, Biegenzahn Weinberg, Woodland Hills, California, for appellant Thomas M. Banks.


• For Appellees:
  
• E.T. O'Farrell, Riverside, California, for appellees Ronald Richardson, Transworld Distribution Services, Inc., dba Richardson Warehouse Company., Phillip K. Fife (argued), Seal Beach, California, for appellee Gill Distribution Centers, Inc.