In Re Continental Airlines Corp., Debtors. Continental Airlines, Inc. And the Continental Airlines Working Pilots Committee, Appellants-Cross v. Air Line Pilots Association, International, and Joseph E. O'neill, Appellees-Cross in the Matter of Continental Airlines Corp., Debtors. Continental Airlines, Inc. v. James B. Evans, in the Matter of Continental Airlines Corp., Debtors. Continental Airlines, Inc. v. Joseph E. O'neill, in the Matter of Continental Airlines Corp., Debtors. Continental Airlines, Inc., Continental Airlines Working Pilots Committee, Intervenor-Appellant v. Joseph E. O'Neill’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently September 2018
1 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 105
Relies on At&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications Workers · National Labor Relations Board v. Bildisco & Bildisco · Andrews v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · Jannotti v. United States · H. K. Porter Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Section 105 of the Bankruptcy Code does not authorize the bankruptcy court to change the terms of a labor settlement agreement ..., or to require acceptance of certain terms which do not enhance the success of the reorganization as the price for gaining the bankruptcy court's approval of the bankruptcy portion of the settlement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) Compromise. On motion by the trustee and after a hearing on notice to creditors, the United States trustee, the debtor and indenture trustees as provided in Rule 2002 and to such other entities as the court may designate, the court may approve a compromise or settlement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A court may approve such a compromise or settlement only when it is 'fair and equitable.' The words 'fair and equitable' are terms of art--they mean that 'senior interests are entitled to full priority over junior ones.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.