York v. State

Petitioner sued for a declaration that a final judgment awarding his property to *34the State was rendered in violation of the Bankruptcy Code’s automatic stay1 and therefore void. Petitioner also sued for damages for the lost use of his property as a constitutionally compensable taking. We hold that a judgment that violates the automatic stay is void and subject to collateral attack in state court, but that a judicial award of property to the State is not, in these circumstances, a taking. We reverse the judgment of the court of appeals2 and remand the case to the trial court.

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In October 2006,…