United States Sixth Circuit

The substantial compliance doctrine can properly be applied to find timeliness despite technical noncompliance, even in situations where a deadline extension would be subject to Bankruptcy Rule 9006(b)'s requirement of "excusable neglect;" application of the doctrine to stipulation's notice provisions here was not an abuse of discretion.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/23/2002
• Decided 04/04/2002
• Published 04/04/2002

Judges

• Before BOGGS and MOORE, Circuit Judges;  RUSSELL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carl E. Tuerk, Jr. (argued and briefed), Cooper & Tuerk, Baltimore, MD, Fredric Francis Tilton (briefed), Cincinnati, OH, Stanley J. Levy, Levy, Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, New York, NY, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Philip J. Goodman (argued and briefed), Birmingham, MI, Edward B. Cottingham (briefed), Jr., Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Mt. Pleasant, SC, for Appellees.