· 5/13/1999
Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. Bonnie Patricia O'brien, Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. Lois M. Siverly
Citations
- 178 F.3d 962
- 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 9060
- 34 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 464
How courts have described this case
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- holding that an \Iowa law that prohibited Sears from corresponding with debtors represented by counsel is not preempted by federal bankruptcy law\ and \that law does not impede Sears in the exercise of its federal bankruptcy rights\
- noting that pursuant to the Declaratory Judgment Act, “the bankruptcy court has the power to issue declaratory judgments when the matter in controversy regards the administration of a pending bankruptcy estate.”
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Judges: Beam, Hansen, Kopf
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