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· 5/7/2002

In Re Lon McGhan AKA Lon L. McGhan Fdba Envirotrend, Inc. Fdba McGhan Management, Debtor. Lon McGhan v. Jason Rutz

Citations

  • 288 F.3d 1172
  • 2002 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3910
  • 2002 Daily Journal DAR 4968
  • 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 8739
  • 39 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 143
  • 2002 WL 857767

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a state court only exceeded its jurisdiction when it considered a challenge to a bankruptcy court order after it appropriately determined that the party's claim was discharged by the bankruptcy court
  • holding that a state court exceeded its jurisdiction only when it considered a challenge to a bankruptcy court order after it appropriately determined that the party’s claim was discharged by the bankruptcy court
  • holding that a state court lacked authority to modify a bankruptcy court’s earlier determination discharging a claim and permanently enjoining a creditor from collecting on a debt in a separate state court action
  • holding that a state court lacked authority to modify a bankruptcy court's earlier determination discharging a claim and permanently enjoining a creditor from collecting on a debt in a separate state court action
  • noting that state courts are barred from intruding on bankruptcy court orders and core proceedings
  • reopening Chapter 7 required inasmuch as the state court lacked authority to modify the bankruptcy court order granting discharge and discharge injunction

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Judges: McKeown, Fisher, Hagen

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