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IN RE GENESYS DATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

No. 98-2270.

204 F.3d 124 (2000)

In re GENESYS DATA TECHNOLOGIES, INCORPORATED, Debtor. John Meindl; Genesys Data Technologies, Incorporated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Genesys Pacific Technologies, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 9, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Dale Andrew Cooter, Cooter, Mangold, Tompert & Wayson, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Thomas Christopher Dame, Gallagher, Evelius & Jones, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Donna S. Mangold, Cooter, Mangold, Tompert & Wayson, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.; Morton A. Faller, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A., Rockville, Maryland, for Appellants. Stephen A. Goldberg, Michael W. Skojec, Gallagher, Evelius & Jones, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Before WILKINS, WILLIAMS, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

This case raises the question of whether a default judgment entered by a state court must be accorded full faith and credit when offered as the basis for a creditor's claim in a subsequent federal bankruptcy proceeding. If a default judgment would be entitled to preclusive effect under state law it must be given such effect in bankruptcy claims allowance proceedings, absent express congressional intent to create...

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