Key legal question
Whether Art. 51(1)(b) AVIG requires a formal bankruptcy court non-entry or non-opening decision after a bankruptcy petition.
Extracted holding
No. The decisive requirement is that, after a bankruptcy petition and a court cost-advance order, no creditor pays the advance because of the employer’s obvious overindebtedness; a formal non-entry or non-opening decision is not required.
Extracted reasoning
The statutory text only requires that bankruptcy is not opened because no creditor is willing to advance costs. The relevant indicator is the failure to pay the court-ordered advance after the petition; insisting on a formal procedural outcome would depend on varying court practice and add no new information.