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· 9/29/2009

Bank of New York Trust Co. v. Official Unsecured Creditors' Committee

Citations

  • 584 F.3d 229
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 21749
  • 52 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 46
  • 2009 WL 3082066

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding certain claims equitably moot where “the smaller unsecured creditors” had already “received payment for their claims”
  • explaining that equitable mootness is not jurisdictional Article III mootness but rather is “a kind of appellate abstention that favors the finality of reorganizations”
  • holding certain claims equitably moot where “the smaller unsecured creditors” had already “received payment for their claims”
  • noting that we “generally apply equitable mootness with a scalpel rather than an axe”
  • noting that we “generally apply equitable mootness with a scalpel rather than an axe”
  • noting that we “generally apply equitable mootness with a scalpel rather than an axe”

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Judges: Jones, Owen, Southwick

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