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Richard v. City of Chicago

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided November 23, 1987No. 86 C 8986PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORAN, District Judge.

Midwest Real Estate Investment Co. (“Midwest”) appeals the Bankruptcy Court’s order declaring null and void the sale of property owned by debtors Walter and Gwendolyn Richard that Midwest purchased at a tax sale. We deny Midwest’s appeal because the tax sale violated the automatic stay that attached to the debtors’ estate pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362(a), when the Richards filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 13. We therefore order the City of Chicago, the party primarily responsible for the violation of the stay, to refund to Midwest the money Midwest…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Kalb v. FeuersteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Matter of Cash Currency Exchange, Inc., Debtors. Cash Currency Exchange, Inc. v. Donald C. Shine, ReceiverCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  3. In Re Smith Corset Shops, Inc., Debtor. Appeal of Laurent BrodeurCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
  4. Bankr. L. Rep. P 69,953 in the Matter Of: Arthur R. Matthews, Jr., Debtor-Appellant v. Martin J. Rosene and John K. KneafseyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  5. 10 Collier bankr.cas.2d 1137, Bankr. L. Rep. P 69,875 in the Matter of Evanston Motor Co., Inc., Debtor. First National Bank of Lincolnwood v. Maurice Levine, Trustee and Attorney for TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. In Re: Russell Schwartz Linda Schwartz, Debtors. Russell Schwartz Linda Schwartz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
  2. Pettibone Corporation v. Carl EasleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
  3. Yorke v. Citibank, N.A. (In Re BNT Terminals, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1991
  4. Garcia v. Phoenix Bond & Indemnity Co. (In Re Garcia)District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1989
  5. McKeever v. McClandon (In Re McKeever)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1991

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