11 U.S.C. § 1506
Section 1506 · Public policy exception
This is § 801 of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 53 court decisions — leading case In Re SPhinX, Ltd. (2006)
Most recently applied in Talal Qais Abdulmunem Al Zawawi v. Colin Diss (April 2024)
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Nothing in this chapter prevents the court from refusing to take an action governed by this chapter if the action would be manifestly contrary to the public policy of the United States.