MERIDIAN BANK v. ALTEN

No. 91-5365.

958 F.2d 1226 (1992)

MERIDIAN BANK v. Eugene ALTEN, Marlene Alten, and Thomas J. Subranni, Trustee Eugene and Marlene Alten, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Gold (argued), William V. Eisenberg, Eisenberg & Gold, P.C., Haddonfield, N.J., for appellants.

Peter J. Mooney (argued), J. Robert McMahon, White and Williams, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before COWEN, NYGAARD and WEIS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

COWEN, Circuit Judge.

In this bankruptcy case the bankruptcy court entered an order discharging the debtors even though they maintained few if any records of their financial dealings. The district court reversed. We will affirm the district court, based on a conclusion that the debtors did not meet their burden of justifying failure to keep adequate records under 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(3) (1988).

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Eugene Alten and...

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