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ABI Journal

105

District Courts Disagree on Enforcing an ‘Automatic Stay’ Protecting Nondebtors

A district judge in Ohio declined to sit as an appellate court by deciding whether a bankruptcy court in another state had properly ‘spread’ the automatic stay.

A Magistrate Judge Refuses to Enforce an Order Staying Actions Against Nondebtors

A magistrate judge decided that a bankruptcy court’s order from another district halting suits against nondebtors was unenforceable because it was not an ‘injunction’ made under Section 105(a).