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· 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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