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In Matter of Hartley

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
May 17, 1989
874 F.2d 1254 (8th Cir. 1989)

Summary

vacating the 8th Circuit's panel decision and affirming the district court's judgment of nondischargeability

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Opinion

No. 88-1839.

Submitted May 9, 1989.

Decided May 17, 1989.

Keith R. Krueger, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Julia J. Borel, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri; Howard Sachs, Judge.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and McMILLIAN, ARNOLD, JOHN R. GIBSON, FAGG, BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, MAGILL and BEAM, Circuit Judges, en banc.


The petition of appellee for rehearing en banc was granted, thereby vacating the panel opinion, and this case now has been reheard by the Court en banc. Judges John R. Gibson, Bowman, Wollman, Magill, and Beam vote to affirm the judgment of the District Court. Chief Judge Lay and Judges Henley, McMillian, Arnold, and Fagg vote to reverse that judgment. Accordingly, the judgment of the District Court is affirmed by an equally divided Court.


Summaries of

In Matter of Hartley

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
May 17, 1989
874 F.2d 1254 (8th Cir. 1989)

vacating the 8th Circuit's panel decision and affirming the district court's judgment of nondischargeability

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applying RESTATEMENT test in detail

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In Hartley v. Jones, 874 F.2d 1254 (8th Cir. 1989) (en banc), the Eighth Circuit again examined the dischargeability of a willful and malicious injury. The court affirmed the ruling of the district court that, in some instances, an injury "substantially certain" to result from a debtor's conduct is nondischargeable as a willful and malicious injury.

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Case details for

In Matter of Hartley

Case Details

Full title:IN THE MATTER OF JAMES LEE HARTLEY, DEBTOR. JAMES LEE HARTLEY, APPELLANT…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Date published: May 17, 1989

Citations

874 F.2d 1254 (8th Cir. 1989)

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