Chapliski v. Churchill Coal Corp.

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• order entered after debtor files bankruptcy petition is a legal nullity even though based on pre-petition settlement
• automatic stay deprives court of jurisdiction to enter judgment in pre-petition action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).