Ritzen Group, Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC
Decided January 14, 2020. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 18-938 · 589 U.S. 35 (2020) · Cited 354 times
Holding
A bankruptcy court’s order unreservedly denying relief from the automatic stay of creditor debt-collection efforts outside the bankruptcy forum, see 11 U. S. C. §362(a), is final and immediately appealable under 28 U. S. C. §158(a).
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 9
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Bullard v. Blue Hills Bank · 575 U.S. 496 (2015)
- United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd. · 484 U.S. 365 (1988)
- Digital Equipment Corp. v. Desktop Direct, Inc. · 511 U.S. 863 (1994)
- Daimler AG v. Bauman · 571 U.S. 117 (2014)
- Butner v. United States · 440 U.S. 48 (1979)
- Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter · 558 U.S. 100 (2009)
- Howard Delivery Service, Inc. v. Zurich American Insurance · 547 U.S. 651 (2006)
- United States v. Wallace & Tiernan Co. · 336 U.S. 793 (1949)
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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2020). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).