City of Chicago v. Fulton

City of Chicago v. Fulton, 592 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the mere retention of estate property after the filing of a bankruptcy petition does not violate 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)(3), which operates as a "stay" of "any act" to "exercise control" over the property of the estate.

City of Chicago v. Fulton
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 14, 2021
Full case name	City of Chicago v. Fulton
Docket no.	19-357
Citations	592 U.S. ___ (more)
Holding
The mere retention of estate property after the filing of a bankruptcy petition does not violate 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)(3), which operates as a "stay" of "any act" to "exercise control" over the property of the estate.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch Brett Kavanaugh · Amy Coney Barrett
Case opinion
Majority	Alito, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Bankruptcy Code

External links

• Text of City of Chicago v. Fulton, No. 19-357, 592 U.S. ___ (2021) is available from: Justia

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