Can a bankruptcy court deny discharge for gross abuse of discretion?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Wood, In re, 972 F.2d 1348 (9th Cir. 1992):
We review a bankruptcy court's denial of discharge for a "gross abuse of discretion." See Cox v. Lansdowne (In re Cox), 904 F.2d 1399, 1401 (9th Cir.1990). We find no abuse of discretion in the bankruptcy court's conclusion that denial of discharge was appropriate. Wood blatantly refused to attend the meeting of creditors. The law allows the sanction of denial of discharge for such conduct.
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