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· 9/16/1991

Bellini Imports, Ltd. v. The Mason and Dixon Lines, Inc.

Citations

  • 944 F.2d 199
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 21733
  • 22 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 111
  • 1991 WL 179427

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  • The trustee must be named as the party defendant in an action to proceed against assets of the estate.
  • The trustee must be named as the party defendant in an action to proceed against assets of the estate.
  • judgment not enforceable against trustee or assets of estate where stay was in place and trustee was not named defendant
  • relief from the automatic stay provisions of §§ 362[a][3] and [4] is required to satisfy a judgment against property of the bankruptcy estate on a postpetition claim
  • a creditor must obtain relief from the stay “to satisfy a judgment ” against property of the estate, even where the act of obtaining the judgment did not violate the stay because it was based on a debtor’s post-petition conduct

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Judges: Wilkinson, Wilkins, Niemeyer

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