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W.D. Texas· 8/5/2002

In Re Martinez

Citations

  • 281 B.R. 883
  • 48 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 1437
  • 2002 Bankr. LEXIS 867
  • 2002 WL 1900386

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  • opining that in some cases actual damages for violation of the automatic stay are “nearly non-existent, in which case no damages at all would need to be awarded.”
  • “In short, a debtor suffers no actual damages from merely being notified of a missed mortgage payment and cannot ‘manufacture’ such damages in the form of attorneys’ fees for filing a sanctions motion that, but for those fees, has no independent basis for recovery.”

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Judges: Leif M. Clark

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