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Post-Confirmation Purchasers of Shares Be Aware: Third Circuit Holds Shares are Subject to the Plan, Including Its Releases
In this precedential Opinion, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decisions of the Delaware Bankruptcy and District courts holding that post-confirmation purchasers of shares are bound by the plan, including its releases and res judicata effect, where the purchasers had notice of the bankruptcy proceedings and the plan and where the sellers of the shares were represented in the bankruptcy proceedings. In such a case, said the Court, purchasers are held, “like all buyers, to the terms… Read More
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Finds It Has Constitutional Adjudicatory Authority to Enter a Final Confirmation Order Containing Nonconsensual Third Party Releases
In re Millennium Lab Holdings II, LLC, No. 15-12284 (LSS), 2017 WL 4417562 (Bankr. D. Del. Oct. 3, 2017), aff’d by Opt-Out Lenders v. Millennium Lab Holdings II, LLC (In re Millennium Lab Holdings II, LLC), No. 17-1461 (LPS), 2018 WL 4521941 (Bankr. D. Del. Sept. 21, 2018)
Following the United States Supreme Court’s ruling six years ago in Stern v. Marshall, 131 S. Ct. 2594 (2011), the constitutional adjudicatory authority of bankruptcy courts to enter final orders has been challenged in a variety of proceedings, leading to varied interpretations of the reach of the Stern decision. In Millennium, the Delaware Bankruptcy Court was asked Read More
Stern Requires More Than Subject Matter Jurisdiction, Bankruptcy Court Must Also Have Constitutional Adjudicatory Authority to Approve Nonconsensual Third-Party Releases in a Plan
Opt-Out Lenders v. Millennium Lab Holdings II, LLC, No. 16-110-LPS, — F.Supp.3d —, 2017 WL 1032992 (D. Del. Mar. 17, 2017) corrected and superseded by 2017 WL 1064997 (D. Del. Mar. 20, 2017)
In this Opinion, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the “District Court”) examines the bankruptcy court’s authority post-Stern v. Marshall, 131 S. Ct. 2594 (2011), to enter a final order releasing and permanently enjoining a non-debtor’s state law fraud and federal RICO claims against non-debtors absent consent. Following two recent United States Supreme Court cases—Stern and Wellness Int’l Network, Ltd. v…. Read More
Non-Consensual Third Party Releases Certified Directly to the Third Circuit
In re Millennium Lab Holdings II, LLC, No. 15-12284 (LSS), 2016 WL 155500 (Bankr. D. Del. Jan. 12, 2016)
The Delaware Bankruptcy Court has granted direct certification of a hot-button issue surrounding confirmation of plans in bankruptcy to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals—namely, whether a bankruptcy court has the authority to release a non-debtor’s direct clams against other non-debtors without the consent of… Read More
An Estate Release Does Not Preclude Tort Plaintiffs From Pursuing Direct, Particularized Claims Against Released Parties
In re Caribbean Petroleum Corp. et al., No. 10-12553 (KG), 2014 WL 3360563 (Bankr. D. Del. July 9, 2014)
In this Memorandum Opinion, the Honorable Kevin Gross held (i) that the Bankruptcy Court has post-confirmation jurisdiction to decide the extent and scope of releases contained in plans it considers and confirms and that (ii) the release at issue made by the debtors in favor of their former officers and/or directors did not prevent third-party tort claimants from pursuing their claims against such released parties. In reaching its jurisdictional conclusion, the Court relied upon the Third… Read More
Third Circuit Affirms Bankruptcy Court’s Excision of Inadequately Disclosed Third-Party Release From Plan of Reorganization
In re Lower Bucks Hosp., 2014 WL 2981215 (3d Cir. July 3, 2014)
In this Opinion, the Third Circuit held that non-consensual third-party releases were correctly severed from a proposed plan of reorganization because of significant disclosure deficiencies. In doing so, the Court reminds all practitioners of a hallmark of plan drafting and solicitation—that “ailure to do so in a clear and conspicuous manner risks excision of the release from the plan.” Because… Read More