In Re Lewis

How courts have described this case

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

• holding defendants in wrongful death action had standing to oppose a motion to reopen because the result of the motion has an impact on the continuation of the state court action
• observing that “the persuasive factor for the Court to weigh in deciding whether to reopen this case is not its effect upon the Debtor or upon the ... Defendants in a state court forum, but rather the effect a reopening would have on the creditors of the Debtor’s estate”
• state court defendants may oppose motion to reopen because of impact reopening would have on both forums
• “the persuasive factor for the Court to weigh in deciding whether to reopen this case is not its effect upon the Debtor or upon the [defendants] in a state court forum, but rather the effect a reopening would have on the creditors of the Debtor’s estate”

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Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Upshur
  N.D. Georgia· 2004-10-15· cited 24×
• In Re Walker
  S.D. Texas· 2005-03-23· cited 11×
• Sandra Slater v. United States Steel Corporation
  Eleventh Circuit· 2016-02-24· cited 11×
• In Re Rochester
  N.D. Georgia· 2004-04-06· cited 10×
• Thompson v. Quarles
  S.D. Georgia· 2008-07-16· cited 9×
• In re James
  N.D. Georgia· 2013-02-19· cited 9×
• In Re Phelps
  M.D. Georgia· 2005-03-29· cited 8×
• Nicole Alward v. Emery Johnston, M.D. & a.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2018-12-21· cited 6×
• In re Plusfunds Group, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2013-05-13· cited 5×
• Wholesalecars.com v. Leo
  N.D. Alabama· 2017-05-04· cited 3×
• In Re Anderson
  D. Kansas· 2007-04-13· cited 2×