Noroian v. Hern

422 F.2d 1092 George NOROIAN, Bankrupt, Appellant, v. William C. HERN, State Labor Commissioner and Chief of Division of Labor Law Enforcement, Department of Industrial Relations, State of California, Appellee. No. 22962. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. March 13, 1970. LeRoy J. Reinhardt, Fresno, Cal., for appellant. Douglas M. Phillips (Argued), Div. of Labor, Law Enforcement, San Francisco, Cal., Richard V. Boulger, Asst. U. S. Atty., Small Business Admin., Fresno, Cal., for appellee. Before MADDEN, Judge of the United States Court of Claims, * and HAMLEY and ELY, Circuit Judges. HAMLEY, Circuit Judge: 1 George Noroian, who had voluntarily petitioned for a discharge in bankruptcy, appeals from a district court order affirming a referee's order denying such discharge. Discharge was denied pursuant to section 14(c) (2) of the Bankruptcy Act (Act), 11 U.S.C. § 32 (c) (2). The referee determined that Noroian, without justification, failed to keep books of account or records from which his financial condition and business transactions might be ascertained, and that, under all of the circumstances of the case, such failure was not justified. Noroian questions these…