Legal Opinion
In Re Young
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 13, 1996No. Bankruptcy 95-567PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW ON DEBTOR’S MOTION FOR CONTEMPT
S. MARTIN TEEL, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
The Debtor’s Motion for Contempt for Violations of Automatic Stay seeks to hold his secured creditor in contempt for allegedly violating the proscription of 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)(3) against, among other things, acts “to exercise control over property of the estate.” Specifically, the alleged contempt is based on the creditor’s admitted failure to return its collateral, a car, which the creditor repossessed before the petition was filed. The court determines that such a failure does not…
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