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Stallings v. Hussmann Corp.

447 F.3d 1041 (8th Cir. 2006)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtUnited States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Year2006
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Judicial estoppel arising from a debtor's failure to schedule a cause of action in bankruptcy applies only where the omission was not inadvertent, requiring both knowledge of the claim and a motive to conceal it.

Area of Law

General

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