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RITZEN GROUP, INC. v. JACKSON MASONRY, LLC

No. 18-938.

140 S.Ct. 582 (2020)

RITZEN GROUP, INC., Petitioner, v. JACKSON MASONRY, LLC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 14, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Lehman , Columbia, SC, for the petitioner.

Griffin S. Dunham , Nashville, TN, for the respondent.

Vivek Suri , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court supporting the respondent.

James K. Lehman , A. Mattison Bogan , William C. Wood, Jr. , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Columbia, SC, G. Eric Brunstad, Jr. , Dechert, LLP, Hartford, CT, Shane G. Ramsey , John T. Baxter , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Nashville, TN, for petitioner.

Jeffrey T. Green , Northwestern Supreme, Court Practicum, Chicago, IL, Andrew B. Talai , Lindsay N. Walter , Alexandria V. Ruiz , Sidley Austin llp, Los Angeles, CA, Griffin S. Dunham , Counsel of Record, Henry E. Hildebrand, IV , Dunham Hildebrand, pllc, Nashville, TN, for respondent.

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...

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