United States Fourth Circuit

The All Writs Act, 28 USC 1651, and the concept of in rem jurisdiction over property do not provide a district court appointing a receiver with the authority to ignore the automatic stay of a bankruptcy filing, under 11 USC 362(a).

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/02/2001
• Decided 08/16/2001
• Published 08/16/2001

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  John Bush Long, Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier, P.A., Augusta, GA; Louis Saul, Saul & Mitchell, P.C., Augusta, GA, for Appellants. James A. Pardo, Jr., King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA;  Robert L. Widener, McNair Law Firm, P.A., Columbia, SC, for Appellees. ON BRIEF:  Joseph B. Mitchell, III, Saul & Mitchell, P.C., Augusta, GA; James Thomas Wilson, Jr., James T. Wilson, Jr., P.C., Augusta, GA, for Appellants.  Sarah Robinson Borders, Mark M. Maloney, Brian C. Walsh, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA;  Michael M. Beal, McNair Law Firm, P.A., Columbia, SC;  Paul R. Hibbard, Johnson, Smith, Hibbard & Wildman, L.L.P., Spartanburg, SC, for Appellees.