Legal Opinion
Heikkila v. Carver
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 8, 1987No. 87-5004PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Russell and Norma Carver appeal from the district court’s1 decision that a judicially decreed period of redemption is not automatically stayed pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) (1982 & Supp. II 1984). We affirm.
On December 3, 1985, the Carvers filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11. Before this filing, a South Dakota state court entered a judgment in a strict foreclosure action declaring that the Carvers, as vendees, had defaulted on a contract for deed they had entered with Howard and Reino Heikkila pertaining to certain real estate in South Dakota. Pursuant to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re CarverUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. South Dakota · 1986
- Heikkila v. Carver (In Re Carver)District Court, D. South Dakota · 1986
- In Re MaanumCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
3Cited by3 opinions
- 17 Collier bankr.cas.2d 771, Bankr. L. Rep. P 71,977 in Re Russell Carver and Norman Carver, Debtors. Howard L. Heikkila and Reino W. Heikkila v. Russell Carver and Norman CarverCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- Carver v. HeikkilaSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991
- In Re FrazerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Vermont · 1999