In Re Copman

How courts have described this case

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

• finding dismissal inappropriate where there was “no connection” between the dismissal of the first case and the request for relief from stay
• finding the “plain language” of the statute “applies when the request for relief from stay results in the debtor requesting and obtaining a voluntary dismissal”
• finding the causal connection approach is “faithful to the plain meaning of the statutory language and its purpose”
• “The word ‘following’ in the statute requires some relationship between the timing of the § 362 request and the voluntary dismissal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).