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Case Against Non-Debtor Not Entitled to Automatic Stay

The Second Department, in reversing Supreme Court’s granting of a stay, explained the circumstances when cases by and against non-debtors can be stayed under the bankruptcy law (11 USC 362(a)):

“[T]he bankruptcy court can stay actions against any party, even a non-debtor, whenever the objective of the action is to obtain possession or exercise control over the debtor’s property. Unless a case involves unusual circumstances, however, the bankruptcy court cannot halt litigation by non-debtors, even if they are in a similar legal or factual nexus with the debtor.

“The unusual circumstances in which the bankruptcy court can stay cases against non-debtors are rare. They typically arise where there is such identity between the debtor and the third-party defendant that the debtor may be said to be the real party defendant and that a judgment against the third-party defendant will in effect be a judgment or finding against the debtor. In other words, the automatic stay will apply to non-debtors only when a claim against the non-debtor will have an immediate adverse economic consequence for the debtor’s estate” … . Bankdirect Captial Fin v Insurance Co of State of PA, 2014 NY Slip Op 05824, 2nd Dept 8-20-14

 

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