Legal Opinion
Ritzen Group, Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 14, 2020No. 18-938PublishedCited by 335 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
*586 Under the Bankruptcy Code, filing a petition for bankruptcy automatically "operates as a stay" of creditors' debt-collection efforts outside the umbrella of the bankruptcy case. 11 U.S.C. § 362 (a). The question this case presents concerns the finality of, and therefore the time allowed for appeal from, a bankruptcy court's order denying a creditor's request for relief from the automatic stay. In civil litigation generally, a court's decision ordinarily becomes "final," for purposes of appeal, only upon completion of the entire case, i.e. , when the decision "terminate[s the] action" or…
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