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MATTER OF SMILEY

No. 88-1065.

864 F.2d 562 (1989)

In the Matter of C. Ritchey SMILEY and Marie W. Smiley, Debtors. C. Ritchey SMILEY, Defendant-Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BELLEVILLE, Bank of Belleville, Bank of O'Fallon, Murphy-Wall State Bank & Trust Co., First National Bank & Trust of Alton, Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Assoc., Bank of Edwardsville, First Granite City National Bank, Bankers Trust Co. of O'Fallon, Colonial Bank of Granite City, and State Bank of Collinsville, Plaintiffs-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sten N. Mottaz, Thomas, Mottaz, Eastman & Sherwood, Alton, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Myron A. Hanna, Thompson & Mitchell, Belleville, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr., and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and WILL, Senior District Judge.

WILL, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs, creditors of defendants C. Ritchey Smiley and his wife Marie W. Smiley, filed involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings against the Smileys and subsequently objected to their discharge. The bankruptcy court discharged Marie Smiley but refused to discharge Mr. Smiley. The district court affirmed and Mr. Smiley appealed. We affirm.

I. Factual background.

Defendant Smiley was a businessman in O'Fallon...

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