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· 9/21/1994

In Re Atron Inc. of Michigan

Citations

  • 172 B.R. 541
  • 1994 Bankr. LEXIS 1549
  • 26 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 75
  • 1994 WL 533809

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that Congress did not intend to allow creditors to divest bankruptcy courts of ability to liquidate claims “by merely alleging a questionable, ambiguous emotional injury in the context of a nontraditional personal injury tort claim”
  • “By giving the district courts jurisdiction over ... personal injury [tort claims] ..., Congress responded directly to the constitutional infirmities identified in Marathon .... ”
  • \personal injury tort\ should be read narrowly to exclude emotional distress and other nontraditional personal injury claims
  • civil rights complaint alleging damages for mental and emotional distress does not 4 qualify
  • civil rights 16 complaint alleging damages for mental and emotional distress does not qualify
  • all adopting the narrow view

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Judges: Jo Ann C. Stevenson

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