This led the investors to file this suit seeking an injunction compelling the general partners to pay. In re- sponse, the general partners caused the partnership to file a petition in bankruptcy, and they asked the district court to remit the investors to the bankruptcy forum. The district court refused and entered the injunction the in- vestors sought. 1993 U.S. Dist. We must decide whether the investors' action is subject to the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. sec.
Appellate jurisdiction is secure.
Whether the order is characterized as an injunction appealable under 28 U.S.C. sec. Bankruptcy does not affect third-party guarantees of a debtor's obligations. So if the general partners had undertaken to pay the inves- tors a sum sufficient to prevent their suffering a loss on the investment, this promise would not have been subject to the automatic stay. What the general partners promised to do, however, is to provide additional money to the partnership, not to pay the in- vestors. This sets up an argument based on sec.