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Third Circuit Affirms Debtors’ Right to Reject Expired Collective Bargaining Agreement Under Section 1113
In re Trump Entm’t Resorts, Unite Here Local 54, Appellant, No. 14-4807, 2016 WL 191926 (3d. Cir. Jan. 15, 2016), aff’g In re Trump Entm’t Resorts, Inc., 519 B.R. 76 (Bankr. D. Del. 2014)
On direct appeal, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a Delaware Bankruptcy Court ruling (see previous post here) that debtors’ powers under section 1113 of the Bankruptcy Code to reject a collective bargaining agreement remain in effect even if the agreement has expired.
Under the facts of the underlying case, a collective bargaining agreement (the “CBA”) between the Trump Entertainment Resorts debtors (the “Debtors”) and their… Read More
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Walks “Interpretive Tightrope” Between Automatic Stay And The Norris-La Guardia Act
In re Trump Entm’t Resorts, Inc., No. 14-12103 (KG) (Bankr. D. Del. July 21, 2015)
Aligning itself with Sixth and Second Circuit law, the Delaware Bankruptcy Court ruled that activities described in, and protected by, the Norris-La Guardia Act (“NLA”) do not constitute violations of the automatic stay under Bankruptcy Code section 362. Although wrestling to reconcile the two statutes, an anti-injunction labor law on the one hand and a broad bankruptcy-based injunction statute on the other, the Bankruptcy Court relied on the uncontroverted congressional intent that the automatic stay cannot enjoin certain NLA protected activities, and instructed the… Read More
Issue Of First Impression: Delaware Bankruptcy Court’s Jurisdiction Encompasses The Authority To Approve Rejection Of Expired Collective Bargaining Agreements
In re Trump Entm’t Resorts, Inc., No. 14-12103(KG) (Bankr. D. Del. Oct. 17, 2014)
In a sharply written Opinion, the Honorable Kevin Gross decided an issue of first impression in Delaware: whether the Court has jurisdiction under Bankruptcy Code section 1113 to rule on a debtor’s motion to reject a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) that expired post-petition but its obligations continued status quo pursuant to Federal labor law. Judge Gross found that the language and legislative purpose of section 1113 establishes the Court’s jurisdiction to enter an order approving rejection. Applying the facts of the case, His Honor granted the… Read More