OPINION
KLEIN, Bankruptcy Judge.
In these appeals, we hold that Congress preempted state law remedies when it enacted 11 U.S.C. § 303 providing for involuntary bankruptcies and, at § 303(i), prescribed a set of remedies against unsuccessful petitioners in involuntary bankruptcies. Thus, we AFFIRM the dismissal of removed state law actions filed by relatives of an alleged debtor seeking tort damages for the filing of an involuntary bankruptcy.<...
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