· 8/26/2010
Adams v. Zarnel
Citations
- 619 F.3d 156
- 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 17833
- 2010 WL 3341428
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding bankruptcy court was not required to strike petitions filed by ineligible debtors and could instead grant trustee’s motions to dismiss
- observing that this Court is bound to follow prior precedent unless an intervening Supreme Court decision \casts doubt\ on it (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
- holding that debtor eligibility is non-jurisdictional
- discussing the effect of filing a bankruptcy petition by an ineligible person
- discussing the public-interest application of the person-aggrieved standard at greater length
- “Section 362(b) lists circumstances under which the filing of a petition does not operate as a stay[.]”
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Judges: Leval, Katzmann, Livingston
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