IN RE HALPERN

No. 86-8412 Non-Argument Calendar.

810 F.2d 1061 (1987)

In re Howard I. HALPERN, Debtor. Howard I. HALPERN, Defendant-Appellant, v. FIRST GEORGIA BANK, Plaintiff-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gus A. Small, Jr., Zusmann, Small, Stamps & White, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

Mary Grace Diehl, Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HILL, KRAVITCH and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Adjudications in the United States Bankruptcy Courts have often presented questions of how to reconcile the court's exclusive jurisdiction responsibilities with res judicata principles. The issue in this appeal involves a bankruptcy court's application of collateral estoppel to a state court consent judgment. Appellant/debtor Howard I. Halpern contends that the bankruptcy court and the United States District Court erroneously concluded that...

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