· 12/7/1993
Eugene W. Alpern v. Phillip S. Lieb, Allen S. Gabe, and Phyllis Alpern
Citations
- 11 F.3d 689
- 27 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 606
- 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 31916
How courts have described this case
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- treating defendants motion for NRCP 11 attorney fees as a separate action against the plaintiff bankruptcy debtor, but holding the stay inapplicable because actions brought pursuant to governmental police or regulatory powers are statutorily exempt from the stay
- treating defendants motion for NRCP 11 attorney fees as a separate action against the plaintiff bankruptcy debtor, but holding the stay inapplicable because actions brought pursuant to governmental police or regulatory powers are statutorily exempt from the stay
- “A litigant should not be allowed to delay the imposition of sanctions indefinitely by the expedient of declaring bankruptcy.”
- excepting attorney disciplinary proceedings from automatic stays in bankruptcy
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Judges: Posner, Cummings, Bauer
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