IN RE KENNEDY

No. 95-55536.

108 F.3d 1015 (1997)

In re James D. KENNEDY, Jr., Debtor. Alan D. COWEN and Josephine Cowen, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James D. KENNEDY, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 5, 1997.

As Amended March 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Hamlish, Westlake Village, CA, for debtor-defendant-appellant.

William B. Parker, Parker & Nelson, Ventura, CA, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: PREGERSON, D.W. NELSON and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether the Bankruptcy Court has jurisdiction to enter a monetary judgment on a disputed state law claim in the course of making a determination that a debt is nondischargeable.

I

In late 1988, James Kennedy, acting as both a developer and a broker, sought to sell a house to Alan and Josephine Cowen. In the course of negotiating the sale of the home, Kennedy made several representations...

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