Legal Opinion
Davis v. Sheldon
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 21, 1982No. 82-1212PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question whether a bankruptcy court erred in declining to enjoin pending state criminal prosecutions because of their possible impact on federal bankruptcy proceedings. Because of the traditional concerns of equity and comity implicated when a federal court considers a request to enjoin state criminal proceedings, we conclude that the district court properly upheld the denial of the injunction in this case.
I. Background
Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code authorizes the liquidation of the assets of an insolvent debtor to pay…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- O'Shea v. LittletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Mitchum v. FosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Kugler v. HelfantSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Davis v. SheldonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Brown v. Shriver (In Re Brown)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1984
- Holder v. Dotson (In Re Holder)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1982
- Widdowson v. Taylor (In Re Taylor)District Court, D. Maryland · 1984
- Munroe v. LaschDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1987
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