Question juridique clé
Whether the sale of the disputed machine in bankruptcy had to be stayed until the ownership dispute was decided
Solution extraite
No. The court held that there is no general legal ban on realizing vindicated assets before the ownership dispute is resolved; postponement depends on balancing the interests of the estate and the third-party claimant.
Motifs extraits
The earlier case law only established that such a stay is a matter of appropriateness, not of strict legal prohibition. Here, the estate had secured the remaining purchase price, so the claimant's position remained protected despite the sale.