D. Sims Crawford

How Judge Crawford rules, drawn from 1 signed order. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Position
bankruptcy
Appointed by
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Commissioned
2016-09-01
Signed orders read
1

How Judge Crawford decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

What persuades

Final bankruptcy sales are disturbed only when compelling equities outweigh finality.

“confirmed sales may be vacated only when compelling equities outweigh the interest in finality.”

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

In re Steel City Pops Holding, LLC, et al.
2:19-bk-04687 · 2020-05-20
Motion for relief from judgment or to alter amend or vacate (Mark Hicks, Peter Burke, David Hicks, and Mark Helm) Denied

“the Motion for Relief (doc. 198) is hereby DENIED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

One sampled matter terminated after 921 days; four remained pending at the sampling boundary.

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