The question in this appeal is whether a judgment of sanctions in the form of defense costs entered against a lawyer under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 and Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is a nondischargeable debt "for willful and malicious injury by the debtor to another" for purposes of Bankruptcy Code Section 523(a)(6). For the reasons given below, we conclude that on the record in this...
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