IN RE VANN

No. 94-2384.

67 F.3d 277 (1995)

In re Edwin Leo VANN, Debtor. CITY BANK & TRUST CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edwin Leo VANN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 19, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Franklin Ketchey, Jr., Jonathan J. Ellis, Judith A. English, Ketchey, Horan, Hearn, Neukamm & Baumann, P.A., Tampa, FL, for appellant.

Josiah Ewing Hutton, Jr., Winter Haven, FL, for appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, BIRCH, Circuit Judge, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the first impression issue of what standard of reliance a creditor must satisfy under section 523(a)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code to prevent the discharge of a debt. The bankruptcy court held that a creditor's reliance on the debtor's misrepresentations must be reasonable. The court rejected the creditor's claim that reasonable reliance was an overly stringent standard or, alternatively, that its reliance met the reasonable...

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