IN RE MIERA

No. 90-5187.

926 F.2d 741 (1991)

In re Alberto Obed MIERA, Jr. Neil K. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. Alberto Obed MIERA, Jr., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Miller, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

Michael Black, St. Paul, Minn., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Chief Judge.

Alberto Obed Miera, Jr., appeals from the district court's1 order holding that the compensatory and punitive portions of a state court judgment against him for battery were nondischargeable under section 523(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.2 The bankruptcy court had applied collateral estoppel to the state court judgment in finding the state judgment against Miera was nondischargeable because...

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