Legal Opinion
First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of Rochester v. Brown
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 26, 1982PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: Respondent Dellinger seeks to enforce a money judgment against surplus money which resulted from a mortgage foreclosure sale. The judgment was obtained prior to the filing of a bankruptcy petition by appellant Brown, the owner of the equity of redemption, who claims the surplus money as exempt under the Bankruptcy Code (US Code, tit 11, § 522, subd [d], par [1]). The filing of a bankruptcy petition operates as an automatic stay of “the enforcement, against the debtor or against property of the estate, of a judgment obtained before the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Roosevelt Savings Bank v. GoldbergNew York Supreme Court · 1983
- Brown v. Dellinger (In Re Brown)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. New York · 1982
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- Brown v. Dellinger (In Re Brown)District Court, N.D. New York · 1983