Rexnord Holdings, Inc. v. Maurice Bidermann

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the judicial function is completed “at the moment the judge direct[s] entry of judgment”
• finding that the court clerk’s entry of judgment after the trial court directed its entry was ministerial
• dismissing action as void ab initio filed after automatic stay in effect
• “[A]ny proceedings or actions described in section 362(a)(1) are void and without vitality if they occur after the automatic stay takes effect.”
• “[A]ny proceedings or actions described in section 362(a)(1) are void and without vitality if they occur after the automatic stay takes effect.”
• plaintiff did not breach covenant by agreeing to extend time for payment (at defendant’s request) in return for release of other unrelated obligations, but subsequently seeking to collect money owed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).