Once a bankruptcy is filed, an automatic stay stops all creditors from taking action.

Further, creditors may file with the court seeking relief from the automatic stay.

Last month, the same judge gave the students a temporary restraining order that would allow them to graduate, but the city got an automatic stay.

An appeal was filed and an automatic stay of execution granted.

Last night, city officials said they had appealed the ruling, which granted them an automatic stay against the court order.

This had the effect of an automatic stay on the litigation.

There is, for example, an automatic stay that comes with bankruptcy and would prevent anyone from taking adverse action against the team.

An automatic stay of execution would be in effect while these petitions are pending.

The bankruptcy order does not act as an automatic stay of all proceedings against the bankrupt.

The automatic stay in bankruptcy is the court order that requires all collection proceedings to stop.