Joseph C. Sheehan v. Breccia Unlimited Company, et al.
Takings
Whether the United States Bankruptcy Code's grant of world-wide jurisdiction over a debtor's property permits a federal court to exercise in rem jurisdiction over property of a bankruptcy estate and enforce the automatic stay with respect to a party interfering with a debtor's property outside of the United States, even where in personam jurisdiction over such party may not otherwise exist?
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the United States Bankruptcy Code’s grant of world-wide jurisdiction over a debtor’s property permits a federal court to exercise in rem jurisdiction over property of a bankruptcy estate and enforce the automatic stay with respect to a party interfering with a debtor’s property outside of the United States, even where in personam jurisdiction over such party may not otherwise exist?