MATTER OF POINTER

No. 90-7072.

952 F.2d 82 (1992)

In the Matter of Martha Jo POINTER, Debtor. CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH and Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, Appellants, v. Martha Jo POINTER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 11, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Porter, Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott, Arlington, Tex., for City of Farmers.

Earl Luna, Steven L. Eason, Michael L. Atchley, Dallas, Tex., for Carrollton-Farmers Branch.

Michael W. Deeds, Sydna H. Gordon, Dallas, Tex., for amicus — Cities of Arlington, et al.

Kent M. Rider, Calame, Linebarger & Graham, Austin, Tex., for amicus — Duval County, Tex.

Charles E. Klein, Richard Scott Steinbach, Steinbach & Steinbach, Dallas, Tex., for appellee.

Edith Stuart Phillips, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Collections Div., Austin, Tex., for amicus — Comptroller of Pub. Accts. State of Tex.

Before KING, JOHNSON and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


KING, Circuit Judge:

Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District and the City of Farmers Branch (collectively, the "Taxing Units") appeal from an order of the district court affirming the bankruptcy court's determination that the automatic stay of 11 U.S.C. § 362 barred the Taxing Units from obtaining tax liens for post-petition ad valorem property taxes for the years 1987 and 1988 on property currently owned by Martha Jo Pointer. The Taxing Units also...

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