Legal Opinion
Whitt v. Philadelphia Housing Authority (In Re Whitt)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 13, 1987No. 14-10175PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID A. SCHOLL, Bankruptcy Judge.
The instant adversarial proceeding causes us to explore whether certain actions of a landlord, in this case a public housing authority, are impermissible in light of the automatic stay arising pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) and whether the landlord should be subject to monetary liability, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362(h), for actions which, while we find impermissible, were rather mild and in light of the absence of proof of any actual damages to the tenant-debtor therefrom. We hold that it is violative of the automatic stay for a landlord to (1) send a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. Whiting Pools, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- In The Matter Of M. Frenville Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Wagner v. Ivory (In Re Wagner)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
- In Re ClarkUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
- Sudler v. Chester Housing Authority (In Re Sudler)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- McLaughlin v. Fireman's Trust Mortgage Corp. (In Re McLaughlin)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1989
- In Re Palumbo Family Ltd. PartnershipUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1995
- In Re GagliardiUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Colorado · 2003
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