Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. Fisher (In Re Fisher)
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 7, 1997No. 96 C 6432PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ASPEN, Chief Judge:
After Debtor Rachel Fisher filed the Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition that started these proceedings, she incurred but ignored ten parking tickets issued by the City of Chicago. Eventually, the City immobilized, towed, and destroyed her ear. In the bankruptcy court, Fisher argued that the City’s actions violated a provision of the automatic stay, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)(3), that protects property of the bankruptcy estate. In this appeal, taken pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 158(a)(1), the City of Chicago challenges the bankruptcy court’s decision holding the…
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