United States Ninth Circuit

In a suit by the Attorney General of California for divestiture of an energy company, a stay order is vacated where the Attorney General's suit comes within the "police or regulatory power" exception to the automatic stay.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/10/2005
• Published 02/10/2005

Judges

• WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:, Before: William A. FLETCHER, FISHER, Circuit Judges, and WINMILL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas Greene, Ken Alex, Damon M. Connolly, Paul Stein, Catherine A. Jackson, and Tamar Pachter (argued), Office of the California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bryan A. Merryman, Robert P. Pongetti, and John A. Sturgeon, White & Case, Los Angeles, CA;  Robert B. Pringle (argued), Thelen Reid & Priest, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees.