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146012P.pdf   08/08/2014  Sailor Music  v.  Doug Walker
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-6012
   U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kressel, Author, with Saladino and Shodeen, Bankruptcy 
   Judges] 
   Bankruptcy Appellate Panel - section 523(a)(6). Twister's Iron Horse 
   Saloon failed to obtain a public performance license from the American 
   Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and was sued for copyright 
   infringement. A default judgment was entered against Twister's. ASCAP 
   filed an adversary action in Twister's bankruptcy case claiming its debt 
   was nondischargeable because the debtor's actions were willful and 
   malicious. The bankruptcy court's findings that Twister's intentionally 
   ignored ASCAP's correspondence and attempts to contact it are not clearly 
   erroneous. Twister's actions go beyond mere recklessness and are willful. 
   Twister's action are also malicious. The judgment of the bankruptcy court 
   is affirmed.