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ALDERWOODS GROUP, INC. v. GARCIA

No. 10-14726.

682 F.3d 958 (2012)

ALDERWOODS GROUP, INC., Osiris Holding of Florida, Inc., Northstar Graceland, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Reyvis GARCIA, Ramona Johnson, Mercedes Woodberry, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted Christopher Craig , Gray-Robinson, PA, Samuel Danon , Jamie Zysk Isani , Andrew D. Zaron , Hunton & Williams, LLP, Miami, FL, Robin Corwin Campbell , Kopelowitz Ostrow, PA, Alan J. Perlman , Yoss, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Charles W. Throkmorton , David Aaron Samole , Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, PA, Coral Gables, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and DAWSON, District Judge.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

The threshold issue this appeal presents is whether a bankruptcy court in one federal district has jurisdiction to determine whether a debt was discharged in a bankruptcy case litigated in another federal district. We hold that the court lacks jurisdiction and therefore do not reach the other issues the appeal presents.

I.

A.

The debt at issue consists of claims of tort liability possessed by relatives of people...

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