Legal Opinion
Corporacion de Servicios Medicos Hospitalarios de Fajardo v. Mora
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 10, 1986No. 86-1451PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
This case raises important issues of first impression regarding the scope of the police power exception to the Bankruptcy Code’s automatic stay and the ability of debtors to assume contracts for the provision of governmental services. 11 U.S.C. §§ 362(b)(4), 365. The Department of Health for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“Department”), represented by Secretary of Health Luis Izquierdo Mora (“Secretary”), appeals the district court’s affirmance of two orders issued by the bankruptcy court in the course of Chapter 11 proceedings initiated by appellee, Corporación de…
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