Pettus Props. v. VFC Partners 8 LLC (In re Pettus Props.)
Mar
20
2012
Ruling
Tortious interference with contract case properly removed as a core proceeding that would affect administration.
Procedural posture
Plaintiffs, a corporation that declared chapter 11 bankruptcy ("debtor"), an LLC, and the executor of a decedent's estate, sued defendant creditor in the Superior Court for Union County, North Carolina, alleging, inter alia, that the creditor committed tortious interference with a contract. The creditor removed the action to the bankruptcy court, and plaintiffs sought an order remanding the case to state court and/or for permissive abstention.
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