· 11/21/1996
In the Matter Of: Rimsat, Ltd., Debtor. Paul E. Underwood, Trustee v. Carl B. Hilliard, Jr.
Citations
- 98 F.3d 956
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- noting similar “strategic conduct that is not to be encouraged” by deferral to foreign proceeding
- efficacy of a bankruptcy largely depends on court’s ability to control and marshal assets
- “Comity is a doctrine of adjustment, not a mandate for inaction.”
- “Whether a judgment of civil contempt is appealable at the time entered, rather than later ... depends on the appealability of the underlying order, the order that the judgment of civil contempt is intended to coerce the contemnor to obey.”
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Judges: Posner, Flaum, Easterbrook
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