SEVEN ELVES, INC. v. ESKENAZI

No. 82-2074.

704 F.2d 241 (1983)

SEVEN ELVES, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jack S. ESKENAZI, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Schaffer, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Steven K. DeWolf, Marie Roach Yeates, Houston, Tex., Larry W. Gabriel, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, GEE and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

The single issue presented for review is whether a judgment of a federal bankruptcy court discharging the debt of a defendant held liable in a malicious prosecution action operates as collateral estoppel in favor of the other defendants. We hold that collateral estoppel was properly invoked and affirm.

I.

Three different lawsuits make up the procedural history of this case. For convenience, we denominate them Suits No. 1,...

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