Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. Timothy Shannon
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 19, 2019No. 18-2527; 18-2793; 18-2835; 18-3023PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Flaum, Circuit Judge.
*920 In this consolidated appeal of four Chapter 13 bankruptcies, we consider whether the City of Chicago may ignore the Bankruptcy Code's automatic stay and continue to hold a debtor's vehicle until the debtor pays her outstanding parking tickets. Prior to the debtors' filing for bankruptcy, the City impounded each of their vehicles for failure to pay multiple traffic fines. After the debtors filed their Chapter 13 petitions, the City refused to return their vehicles, claiming it needed to maintain possession to continue perfection of its possessory liens on the vehicles and…
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