Chicago City Bank & Trust Co. v. Drake International, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE LORENZ

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Chicago City Bank & Trust Co., appeals from an order staying a contempt proceeding against defendant, Lawrence A. Jaffe, under the automatic stay provision of the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §362(a) (1988)). We consider the following two issues: (1) whether this court has jurisdiction under Supreme Court Rule 307(a)(1) (134 Ill. 2d R. 307(a)(1)) to review an interlocutory order staying the contempt proceeding pending bankruptcy; and (2) whether the contempt proceeding was criminal in nature and exempt from the automatic stay…