Csc v. A’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Congress has provided very precise contours of how claims that are administered in Chapter 11 are to be decided, and has pronounced as a cardinal rule that all claims within the same class must be treated alike. 11 U.S.C. § 1123 (a)(4). That principle would be violated here if PBGC’s interpretation of § 1301(a)(18) were adopted because PBGC’s discount rate would apply only to it and not any other general unsecured creditor. Congress has made clear when ERISA conflicts with another provision of federal law, ERISA must be subordinated. 29 U.S.C. § 1144 (d).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dugan v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (In Re Rhodes, Inc.)

2. “[T]he bankruptcy court must value present claims and reduce claims for future payment to present value, while also keeping in mind that a fundamental objective of the Bankruptcy Code is to treat similarly situated creditors equally.”); CF & I Fabricators, 150 F.3d at 1300 (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Loewen Group International, Inc.