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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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