Legal Opinion
In Re Thompson
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 19, 2010No. 08-02560PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION ON DEBTOR’S MOTION FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST GMAC
JACK B. SCHMETTERER, Bankruptcy Judge.
In this Chapter 13 bankruptcy case filed by Theodore Thompson (“Thompson” or “Debtor”), a panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals determined that when General Motors Acceptance Corporation (“GMAC”) repossessed this Debtor’s car prebankruptcy it violated the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. § 362 by not returning the car after bankruptcy was filed. Thompson v. Gen. Motors Acceptance Corp., 566 F.3d 699, 703 (7th Cir.2009). Remand was ordered for determination of whether sanctions are…
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