Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Trustees of Erie Lackawanna Railway Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The plain meaning of the quoted amendments is that Accrued Vacation benefits remain an obligation of the estate in reorganization, and that Conrail as payor of such benefits is entitled to a claim for reimbursement against the estate . . . (I)t had been Congress' original intent that the EL estate be charged with liability for such vacation benefits as were '(Earned . . . by working for the estates in 1975 and in the first three months of 1976' " (emphasis added)). By focusing on whether the benefits had been earned, and in that sense accrued, the Sixth Circuit thus focused not on a method of accounting but on the existence of an underlying entitlement on the part of the employees. The Sixth Circuit left open the question "whether rights vesting after conveyance, if any, constitute 'accrued vacation . . . arising in connection with labor and services performed,' and rights 'earned . . . by having worked for the estates . . . in the first three months of 1976.' within the contemplation of the Rail Act as amended, and of the relevant collective-bargaining agreements.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In the Matter of the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey

2. “shall remain the preconveyance obligation of the estate . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In the Matter of the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey