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Cramdown Hurdles: How to Play the Classification Game (Or Not)

In re New Bride Missionary Baptist Church, 509 B.R. 85 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2014) – After the bankruptcy court denied confirmation of a debtor’s proposed chapter 11 plan of reorganization because there was no accepting impaired class, the debtor proposed … Continue reading

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Environmental Claims: Twenty Years Later

In re Solitron Devices, Inc., 510 B.R. 890 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2014) – A Chapter 11 debtor moved to reopen its bankruptcy case more than 15 years after it was closed in order to enforce the plan confirmation order to … Continue reading

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Post Confirmation Loan Documents: What Happens If The Parties Don’t Agree?

In re Chatham Parkway Self Storage, LLC, 507 B.R. 13 (Bankr. S.D. Ga. 2014) – The provisions in a confirmed chapter 11 plan of reorganization dealing with an allowed secured claim (1) outlined the post confirmation loan terms and (2) provided that … Continue reading

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Bankruptcy Sales: Acquiring Related Contracts (Whether the Debtor Cooperates or Not)

Popgrip, LLC v. Brown’s Chicken & Pasta, Inc. (In re Brown’s Chicken & Pasta, Inc.), 503 B.R. 86 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2013) – A debtor who was a restaurant franchisor sold substantially all of its assets in a bankruptcy auction.  The … Continue reading

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Options for an Underwater Mortgagee: The Mysteries of an 1111(b) Election

In re River Canyon Real Estate Investments, LLC, 495 B.R. 526 (Bankr. D. Colo. 2013) – A chapter 11 debtor’s plan of reorganization placed two secured creditors in the same class.  (No one objected to this classification.) One of the creditors attempted … Continue reading

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Treatment Under Plan of Reorganization: Mortgage Discharge May Take More Than You Might Expect

Acceptance Loan Co. v. S. White Transp., Inc. (In re S. White Transp., Inc.), 725 F.3d 494 (5th Cir. 2013) – The 5th Circuit upheld the district court decision with the result that notwithstanding the debtor’s attempt to discharge a mortgage … Continue reading

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