Legal Opinion
Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. v. Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 21, 1995No. 94-5027PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge EDWARDS..
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Chief Judge:
This appeal concerns the scope of the automatic stay provision under the Bankruptcy Code. This provision, which is found at 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) (1988), generally operates to block legal actions that could affect the property of a debtor in bankruptcy, and it serves both to shelter the debtor from harassment and to prevent creditors from engaging in a race to liquidate the estate’s assets.
Appellant, Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc., (“Checkers”), claims the automatic stay barred it from filing an affidavit as…
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