United States v. Robert B. Sutton and Sutton Investments, Inc.

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• holding that § 105 will not be applied to create rights that do not otherwise exist under applicable law
• “[Section] 105, standing alone, cannot serve as a source of authority for granting a permanent injunction [barring creditors from pursuing claims against a non-debtor].”
• “Section 105(a) simply authorizes a bankruptcy court to fashion such orders as are necessary to further the purposes of the substantive provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.”
• Lead Case No. 17-04156, Docket No. 170, Lead Case No. 17-04157, Docket No. 126
• “While the bankruptcy courts have fashioned relief under Section 105(a) in a variety of situations, the powers granted by that statute may be exercised only in a manner consistent with 4 See Pacific Shores Dev., LLC v. At Home Corp. (In re At Home Corp.

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