In Re Magouirk

693 F.2d 948 7 Collier Bankr.Cas.2d 765 , 9 Bankr.Ct.Dec. 1436 , Bankr. L. Rep. P 69,047 In re James Kenneth MAGOUIRK, a/k/a Jim Mac, and Katharine Ellen Magouirk, a/k/a Katharine Ellen Baker, Debtors. FASSON, A DIVISION OF AVERY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James Kenneth MAGOUIRK, a/k/a Jim Mac, and Katharine Ellen Magouirk, a/k/a Katharine Ellen Baker, Defendants-Appellees. No. 82-5137 United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 2, 1982. Decided Dec. 2, 1982. Nancy Dassoff, Cutler & Cutler, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Jay L. Michaelson, Michaelson & Susi, Santa Barbara, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit. Before GOODWIN, HUG and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. HUG, Circuit Judge: 1 In this bankruptcy action, we are required to define the standard to be applied by the bankruptcy court in considering a motion for leave to file untimely objections to the discharge of an individual debt. We hold that the bankruptcy court erred in applying a strict construction of the term "excusable neglect," and remand for…