U.S. Bank National Assn. v. Crawford

Summary

The court held that it had jurisdiction to review the committee’s writ of error even though the order denying fees was interlocutory, because the order satisfied the second prong of the final-judgment test and the issue would otherwise evade review. Although the claim became moot when the bankruptcy stay terminated, it remained reviewable under the capable-of-repetition-yet-evading-review exception. The court held that state courts lack jurisdiction to extend the automatic bankruptcy stay to proceedings against nondebtors, overruled the contrary appellate precedent, and remanded for consideration of the committee’s fee motion on the merits.