Moriarity v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Actions taken in violation of the automatic stay are void and without effect. This is true even if there is no actual notice of the stay.”
• “While it is true that actions taken in violation of the automatic stay are void, bankruptcy courts are authorized to validate such actions by retroactively annulling the stay when the circumstances warrant such relief.”
• because an action taken in violation of the automatic bankruptcy stay is a nullity, service of process in a state court proceeding is void as to a party who filed a bankruptcy petition before being served

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).