MATTER OF SCARLATA

No. 91-2304.

979 F.2d 521 (1992)

In the Matter of Richard C. SCARLATA, Debtor. GOLDBERG SECURITIES, INC., Appellant, v. Richard C. SCARLATA, Debtor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald C. Shine, Michael H. Moirano (argued), Nisen & Elliott, Chicago, Ill., for appellant Goldberg Securities, Inc.

Andrew B. David (argued), William G. Gigler, Sugar, Friedberg & Felsenthal, Chicago, Ill., for debtor, appellee Richard C. Scarlata.

Before COFFEY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Richard Scarlata, a market maker who formerly traded options at the Chicago Board of Exchange (CBOE), seeks a discharge in bankruptcy from a $4 million debt owed to the firm who cleared his accounts at the CBOE, Goldberg Securities, Inc. (Goldberg). The bankruptcy court barred Scarlata from discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) but found § 523(a)(6) inapplicable to this case. In re Scarlata, 112 B...

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