United States Second Circuit

Federal law preempted debtors' state tort law claims. Debtors could only pursue remedies for purported violations of the automatic stay in bankruptcy court, so the district court lacked jurisdiction over the debtor's state law claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/04/2001
• Published 01/05/2001

Judges

• Before McLAUGHLIN and POOLER, Circuit Judges, and DRONEY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Scott Huminski, pro se (Dana Huminski, pro se), Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter W. Hall, Reiber, Kenlan, Schwiebert, Hall & Facey, P.C., Rutland, VT (Robert E. Woolmington, Witten, Woolmington, Bongartz, Campbell & Boepple, P.C., Bennington, VT, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.