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Date: 05-10-2001
Case Style: Kennedy v. Mustaine
Case Number: 99-6484
Judge: Clay
Court: United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Plaintiff's Attorney: Richard Kelly Harris, Louisville, Kentucky
Defendant's Attorney: Richard A. Schwartz of Kruger, Schwartz & Morreau, Louisville, Kentucky
Description: Thomas Joseph Kennedy and his wife Diane Michelle Kennedy, appeal from the judgment entered by the district court on September 29, 1999, affirming the order entered by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Kentucky, granting summary judgment to Creditors-Appellees, Phillip B. Mustaine and his wife Phyllis J. Mustaine - Plaintiffs in the underlying adversary proceeding and parents of Debtor Diane Kennedy - on Creditors' claim for nondischargeability of their judgment obtained against Debtors in Michigan state court on a defamation suit in the amount of $65,000. * * *
Outcome: We now AFFIRM the district court's judgment on the basis that the debt is nondischargeable under Kawaauhua v. Geiger, 523 U.S. 57 (1998).
Plaintiff's Experts: Unknown
Defendant's Experts: Unknown
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