IN RE BALDWIN

No. 00-15332.

249 F.3d 912 (2001)

In re: Billy Franklin BALDWIN, Debtor. Billy Franklin Baldwin, Appellant, v. Zachary Kilpatrick, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 9, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas B. Provencher, Provencher & Flatt, LLP, Santa Rosa, California, for the appellant.

Peter F. Lacques, Law Offices of Neil Jon Bloomfield, San Rafael, California, for the appellee.

Before: Betty B. FLETCHER, Diarmuid F. O'SCANNLAIN, and Ronald M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted November 1, 2000—San Francisco, California.

BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether the bankruptcy court was correct to give preclusive effect to an issue raised in a prior state court proceeding. Because we conclude that the state court's treatment of the issue in question satisfies California's threshold requirements for the application of collateral estoppel, and because we conclude that application of collateral...

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