GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Alden Holford appeals contempt penalties imposed against him for violation of the automatic stay in Powers' bankruptcy proceeding when he offset rents due against damages in a state court fraud claim. Because we find that his actions constituted a recoupment and not a setoff, we REVERSE the contempt holding.
FACTS
In March of 1982, a Vice-President of M. Lane Powers Investment Builder ("Powers") negotiated a lease with Holford...
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