Sweetsir v. Kenney

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that a stay that renders an action void, even temporarily, isn’t a typical “stay of proceedings pending appeal”
• holding that there is no doubt “that the bankruptcy court can retroactively grant relief from the stay,” but rejecting the argument that “by authorizing the bankruptcy court to annul the stay, Congress broadened all courts’ jurisdiction to violate it”
• concluding extrinsic evidence may be used to collaterally attack a judgment when statute terminating court’s jurisdiction is firmly established policy of state
• concluding extrinsic evidence may be used to collaterally attack a judgment when statute terminating court’s jurisdiction is firmly established policy of state
• concluding extrinsic evidence may be used to collaterally attack a judgment when statute terminating court’s jurisdiction is firmly established policy of state
• concluding extrinsic evidence may be used to collaterally attack a judgment when statute terminating court’s jurisdiction is firmly established policy of state

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).