IN RE COOPER

BAP Nos. CC-81-1103-VGH, CC-81-1157-VGH, Bankruptcy No. LA-80-06257-CA, Adv. Nos. LA-80-2521-CA, LA-80-1615-CA.

30 B.R. 484 (1982)

In re Daphne COOPER, Debtor. Gordon C. HALL, Executor of the Estate of Katharine T. Cooper, and Katharine C. Barstow, Appellants, v. Daphne COOPER and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., Appellees.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panels of the Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip C. Patterson, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

No appearance for appellees.

Before VOLINN, GEORGE and HUGHES, Bankruptcy Judges.


OPINION

VOLINN, Bankruptcy Judge:

The primary issues in this appeal deal with a Bankruptcy Court's interpretation of a state court order and exception to dischargeability of a debt for defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(4). This appeal is burdened with a voluminous record involving interplay between the Bankruptcy Court and extensive state court probate proceedings, and the inordinately lengthy briefs of the appellant...

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