IN RE PITNER

No. 81-5220.

696 F.2d 447 (1982)

In re: Claude Dennis PITNER, Debtor. Martha SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Claude D. PITNER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. LaFevor, U.T. Legal Clinic Community Office, Knoxville, Tenn., for defendant-appellant.

J. Paul Robinson, Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LIVELY, Circuit Judge, and PHILLIPS and PECK, Senior Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal involves the question of whether a $95,000 judgment debt in favor of the judgment creditor (plaintiff-appellee, the widow of the decedent) for the shooting of her husband by defendant-appellant (the bankrupt), is dischargeable under the bankruptcy act, 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6).1

The bankruptcy court discharged the debt. District Judge Robert L. Taylor reversed, holding that the bankruptcy court should...

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