In Re Chateaugay Corporation, Reomar, Incorporated, the Ltv Corporation, Debtors. Maritime Asbestosis Legal Clinic v. Ltv Steel Company, Inc.

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• holding that contempt proceedings are the proper means of compensation and punishment for entities harmed by a willful violation of the automatic stay
• holding that contempt proceedings are the proper means of compensation and punishment for entities harmed by a willful violation of the automatic stay
• holding that contempt proceedings are the proper means of compensation and punishment for entities harmed by a willful violation of the automatic stay
• finding that, as applied in 11 U.S.C. § 362(h), “Congress used the word ‘individual’ . . . to mean natural person” and thus excluded corporations from the term “individual”
• disagreeing that section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code provides redress for corporate debtors
• “[improving legislation by amending it is not [this court’s] function; only Congress can rewrite the statute”

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