He turned to drinking heavily and was forced to petition for bankruptcy.

A petition for bankruptcy would be our method to abandon the enterprise."

In October 1933 Jones filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy.

Abraham Dorb filed a petition for bankruptcy in November 1932.

Ill and unemployed, with an invalid wife and daughter to support, he petitioned for bankruptcy in 1936.

Saab Automobile confirmed through a press release that the trade unions had petitioned for bankruptcy supervision of the company.

One company through which his fund-raising activities were coordinated, the Channell Corporation, has filed a petition for bankruptcy.

Petitioning for bankruptcy tends to be the last resort, but even the threat of petitioning can prove most effective.

After receiving a default judgment against her for sexual harassment, Smith petitioned for bankruptcy in California.

The reports supplement Mr. Connally's petition for bankruptcy, filed in July.

Eagle-Picher Industries, which faces up to 70,000 asbestos-related claims, filed a petition for bankruptcy protection yesterday.

Carriers eliminated flights and flew smaller planes; 40,000 airline employees were laid off, and several airlines petitioned for bankruptcy.

Mr. Swann petitioned for bankruptcy.

Boeing issued a petition for bankruptcy 22 June 1971, which was carried out by Oslo District Court the following day.

As a result of the petition for bankruptcy, all pending litigation was automatically stayed as per U.S.C. 362.

If a creditor is petitioning for bankruptcy the debtor can apply for an Interim Order which will stop all court action for 28 days.

And, in an era when traditionalists decry the demise of the institution of marriage, Americans will file more petitions for bankruptcy than for divorce."

If Yukos petitions for bankruptcy, it could take control of the asset-sale process and delay sales of critical fields like those of Yuganskneftegaz.

Any sole traders or individuals in a partnership who fail to meet all requests to settle their debt can be petitioned for bankruptcy by HMRC.

Legnam Corporation filed a petition for bankruptcy in the United States Federal District Court on June 29, 1932.

On 11 January 2010, the prosecutor in Milan filed a petition for bankruptcy for Mariella Buran].

An out-of-court settlement with a real-estate developer has allowed the Walden School, for 73 years an innovator in progressive education, to rescind its petition for bankruptcy.

In May 1888, Stephen Henry Parker petitioned for bankruptcy, and was therefore obliged to resign his seat in the Legislative Council.

Nevertheless, the assumptions allowed the judge to make a crucial ruling: that all injuries had been inflicted prior to Robins's petition for bankruptcy protection, even if some were not yet known.

Generally, you should present the petition for bankruptcy to the court that deals with the area where the debtor has lived or traded for the longest period in the previous six months.