Legal Opinion
Little Texas, Inc. v. Buchen
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 8, 2001No. 3 — 00—0392PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breslin
Plaintiff Little Texas, Inc., filed this action against defendant Denis Buchen to recover proceeds due under a cattle-raising agreement. A default judgment was entered against Buchen for failure to answer the complaint. Buchen ultimately filed a petition to vacate the default judgment which the court denied, and this appeal followed. We vacate the default order and hold that an action commenced after the filing of a bankruptcy petition in violation of the automatic stay imposed by the federal Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. § 362(a)(1) (1994)) is void.
FACTS
In 1989, Buchen and Little Texas entered…
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