· 4/29/1986
Bankr. L. Rep. P 71,103 Ostano Commerzanstalt and Dr. Herbert Jovy v. Telewide Systems, Inc., and Bernard L. Schubert
Citations
- 790 F.2d 206
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 24759
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a debtor cannot waive the automatic stay because the stay also exists to protect creditors
- holding that a bankruptcy petition filed while an appeal was pending prompted an automatic stay of the proceedings, because the action was originally brought against the debtor
- “Relief from the effect of the automatic stay provisions of section 362(a)(1) must be sought from the bankruptcy court pursuant to section 362(d), and not from this court.”
- “whether an action is ‘against the debtor’ is determined by examining the debtor’s status at the time proceedings were initiated, and not by looking to which party has appealed.”
- debtor may neither unilaterally waive nor limit the scope of the automatic stay
- “Relief amended “to combine former Sections 362(b)(4) and (5
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Judges: Oakes, Kearse, Pierce
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