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IN RE HASHIM

No. 98-17128.

213 F.3d 1169 (2000)

In re Jawad Mahmoud HASHIM and Salwa Al-Rufaiee; Jafar Hashim; Omar Hashim, Debtors. Arab Monetary Fund, Appellant, v. Jawad Mahmoud Hashim and Salwa Al-Rufaiee; Jafar Hashim; Omar Hashim, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 30, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Gaffney (argued), George H. Lyons, Lori A. Schmig, Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, Arizona, for the appellant.

Alan A. Meda (argued), Phoenix, Arizona, for the appellees.

Before: FLETCHER, CANBY, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether the bankruptcy court erred in denying comity to a British court's unliquidated award of court costs and attorneys' fees because the award was "repugnant to the principles of American jurisprudence."

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This is an appeal of the bankruptcy court's order disallowing three identical claims filed by the Arab Monetary Fund ("AMF") in three individual bankruptcy proceedings. The three debtors whose bankruptcies...

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