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The Supreme Court has held in City of Chicago v. Fulton that a creditor does not violate the automatic stay by merely retaining possession of the debtor’s property after a bankruptcy filing. Creditors will no longer have to immediately surrender property in their possession to the debtor to avoid liability for violating the automatic stay. READ MORE