Legal Opinion
Cutuli v. Elie
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided August 7, 2019No. CASE NO. 8:17-bk-5323-RAC; CASE NO. 8:17-ap-0701-RAC; CASE NO. 8:18-cv-1946-T-23PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEVEN D. MERRYDAY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
After suffering a default judgment in an adversary proceeding, Gregory Cutuli appeals (Doc. 1) and argues (Doc. 5) that the bankruptcy court lacked personal jurisdiction because the plaintiff, Mehrdad Elie, failed to serve Cutuli's bankruptcy attorney with an "active" summons. Elie responds (Doc. 13) that the bankruptcy court possessed jurisdiction - despite the failure to serve Cutuli's attorney - because Cutuli received service by personal delivery rather than by mail.
BACKGROUND
In 2011 a state court in California entered a $14 million…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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