IN RE SOIKA

No. BK 71-2145.

365 F.Supp. 555 (1973)

In the Matter of Richard J. SOIKA, Bankrupt.

United States District Court, W. D. New York.

October 25, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachlin & Rachlin, Buffalo, N. Y. (Lauren D. Rachlin, Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for petitioner Postal Finance Co.

Frank A. Farrell, Buffalo, N. Y., for petitioner Household Finance Corp.

Peter Crotty, Buffalo, N. Y., for respondent Richard Soika.


CURTIN, District Judge.

This case is before the court on creditor Household Finance Corporation's petition to review an order of the Referee in Bankruptcy (Hon. Beryl E. McGuire) allowing only in part a claim that a prebankruptcy debt is nondischargeable. (Creditor Postal Finance Co. has not petitioned for review.) The question presented on review is whether the Congress, by the 1960 amendments to § 17(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Act [11 U. S.C. § 35(a)(2)]...

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