Saks v. Parilla, Hubbard & Militzok

In Saks v. Parilla, Hubbard & Militzok (1998) 67 Cal.App.4th 565, the Court held that a state court was without subject matter jurisdiction to hear a malicious prosecution and abuse of process lawsuit brought by a party who had prevailed in an adversary proceeding filed against him in chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. (Id. at pp. 567, 574.) In that case, we observed: "'Filings of bankruptcy petitions are a matter of exclusive federal jurisdiction. State courts are not authorized to determine whether a person's claim for relief under a federal law, in a federal court, and within that court's exclusive jurisdiction, is an appropriate one.'" (Id. at p. 568.)