Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc. · ¶24
Based on that understanding, those lower courts have developed a general rule for the application of judicial estoppel in the bankruptcy context: “If a plaintiff-debtor omits a pending (or soon-to-be-filed) lawsuit from the bankruptcy schedules and obtains a discharge (or plan confirmation), judicial estoppel bars the action.” Ah Quin v. County of Ka uai Dept. of Transp., 733 F. 3d 267, 271 (CA9 2013).Read in context ›
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