MATTER OF KING

No. 96-40754 Summary Calendar.

103 F.3d 17 (1997)

In the Matter of Margee Daigle KING, Debtor. Cecil FIELDER and Stacey Fielder, Appellants, v. Margee Daigle KING, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael John Betz, Baxter Ward Banowsky, Banowsky, Betz and Levine, Dallas, TX, for Appellants.

Eric Arthur Liepins, James P. Moon & Associates, Dallas, TX, for Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves a bankruptcy court's application of res judicata (claim preclusion) to dismiss a creditor's nondischargeability complaint under Section 523(a)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code. 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A). Section 523(a)(2)(A) permits creditors to challenge the dischargeability in bankruptcy of "any debt ... for money ... to the extent obtained by ... false pretenses, a false representation, or actual fraud...." Id....

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