In re Woodside

1 Citing case

  1. U.S. v. Palm Beach Cruises, S.A.

    204 B.R. 634 (S.D. Fla. 1996)   Cited 3 times

    The Defendant points out that several bankruptcy courts have reached the opposite conclusion, holding that the automatic stay of section 362(a) does apply to the payment of criminal fines. See, e.g., In re Woodside, 161 B.R. 969 (Bankr.S.D.Ill. 1994); In re Landstrom Distributors, Inc., 55 B.R. 390 (Bankr. C.D.Cal. 1985). For the most part, however, these cases rest on the premise that when the United States seeks to compel payment of a criminal fine, it acts as the equivalent of an ordinary creditor seeking to collect a money judgment.