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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