In re Commerce Oil Co.

ELR Citation: ELR 21017
No(s). 86-6215 (6th Cir. May 23, 1988)

The court holds that proceedings by the state to assess civil penalties under the Tennessee Water Quality Control Act (WQCA) fall within the police power exception to the automatic stay provision of the Bankruptcy Code. The court first holds that the case is not moot, despite the debtor's failure to...