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· 3/25/1992

Federal Case

Citations

  • 959 F.2d 1194

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that automatic stay is not available to nondebtor codefendants, even if they share a similar legal or factual nexus with the debtor
  • noting that automatic stay applies to actions against the debtor, not actions by the debtor that would inure to the estate’s benefit
  • stating that automatic stay is not available to nondebtor codefendants, even if they share a similar legal or factual nexus with the debtor
  • approving a transfer of a “related to” proceeding under Section 1412
  • “[T]he automatic stay is not available to non-bankrupt co-defendants of a debtor even if they are in a similar legal or factual nexus with the debtor.”
  • actions in violation of the automatic stay are void ab initio, citing Kalb , supra. and Ward, supra.

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