Opinion
No. 00-4141.
Argued: July 27, 2001.
Filed December 6, 2001.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, (D.C. Civil Action No. 00-CV-00347).
BEFORE: ROTH, BARRY and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.
"For the foregoing reasons, we will reverse the decision of the District Court and remand this case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. We hold that in light of the statute's plain language, its history, and applicable case laws, 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(7) does except from discharge in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy a bail bond forfeiture judgment entered against a family surety for failure to produce the defendant for trial."