No. 24-369

Hassell Construction Company, Inc., et al. v. Harris County Improvement District No. 18, et al.

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2024-10-02
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: automatic-stay bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-stay equitable-tolling state-court-litigation statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2024-12-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether state courts may retroactively refuse to apply 11 U.S.C. §362(a)(3) as plainly worded, with attendant equitable tolling principles, after a bankruptcy court's opinion on automatic stay violations

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether state courts may retroactively refuse to apply 11 U.S.C. §362(a)(3) as plainly worded, as well as attendant equitable tolling principles, after the bankruptcy court opined that asserting control over certain state court litigation claims would appear to violate the automatic stay because the claims were arguable property of the bankruptcy estate.

Docket Entries

2024-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
2024-10-25
Waiver of right of respondents Springwoods Realty Company & Springwoods Realty, Inc. to respond filed.
2024-08-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 1, 2024)

Attorneys

Hassell Construction Company, Inc. by and through its shareholder Royce Hassell, et al.
Silvia Todeschini Hassell — Petitioner
Silvia Todeschini Hassell — Petitioner
Springwoods Realty Company & Springwoods Realty, Inc.
Kelly ConklinConklin Sternfels Petty PLLC, Respondent
Kelly ConklinConklin Sternfels Petty PLLC, Respondent