Legal Opinion
In Re Reed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah
Decided May 15, 1981No. 19-21142PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RALPH R. MABEY, Bankruptcy Judge.
INTRODUCTION
These cases are consolidated to consider issues concerning the contempt authority of this Court. Both ask how to categorize civil versus criminal contempt. Both ask whether creditors who knew of the bankruptcy, but who may not have received notice of the automatic stay, 1 may be held in con tempt for violating the stay, and whether the order announcing the stay is sufficiently definite and precise to trigger a citation for contempt. Both wrestle with the question of remedies for contempt. No party in either case has argued any…
2Cases cited101 opinions
- Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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- United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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- Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp. of Bay ViewSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by55 opinions
- In Re Smith Corset Shops, Inc., Debtor. Appeal of Laurent BrodeurCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- In Re Elmer FOBIAN and Elsie Fobian, Debtors. Elmer FOBIAN and Elsie Fobian, Appellants, v. WESTERN FARM CREDIT BANK, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- Miller v. Savings Bank of Baltimore (In Re Miller)District Court, D. Maryland · 1982
- Schewe v. Fairview Estates (In Re Schewe)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Michigan · 1989
- Johns-Manville Sales Corp. v. Doan (In Re Johns-Manville Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1983
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