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