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In Re Langston

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama

Decided April 10, 2003No. 19-00420PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JAMES S. SLEDGE, Bankruptcy Judge.

The common issue in these cases asks the Court to reconsider its previous holding in In re Henderson, 197 B.R. 147 (Bankr.N.D.Ala.1996), in which this Court held that a bankruptcy court may sua sponte transfer a case which was filed in an improper district. These two cases came before the Court on March 25, 2003, for hearing on the Court’s show cause orders issued in the separate cases. Each order required the debtor(s) and the debt- or’s attorney to appear before the Court to show cause why this Court should not transfer the case due to…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Hoffman v. BlaskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. In Re Manville Forest Products Corporation, Debtor. Gulf States Exploration Co. v. Manville Forest Products CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
  3. Hunt v. Bankers Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  4. Cinema Amusements, Inc. v. Loew's, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1949
  5. In Re HendersonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama · 1996

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Bavelis v. Doukas (In Re Bavelis)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · 2011
  2. In Re B.L. of Miami, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nevada · 2003
  3. Roderick FordUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Florida · 2022

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