In Re Combustion Engineering, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 1101 · 11 U.S.C. § 1123 · 11 U.S.C. § 1125 · 11 U.S.C. § 1129 · 11 U.S.C. § 1146 · 11 U.S.C. § 365 · 11 U.S.C. § 502 · 11 U.S.C. § 524
Relies on Ah Robins Company Incorporated Menard-Sanford · In Re Dow Corning Corporation
Most-quoted passages
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“it would be very difficult to get those monies back and .... any sort of a preference action would not be sustainable and would take an extraordinary length of time and ultimately not recover value under a liquidation recovery.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“buy immediate peace from thousands of asbestos lawsuits (pending and potential) against Combustion Engineering so that Combustion Engineering could file a prepackaged bankruptcy plan rather than face a freefall bankruptcy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“to compensate people who already had claims in the tort system or on file with [Combustion Engineering] and to provide [Combustion Engineering] with a reprieve from litigation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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