In Re Columbia Gas System Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• describing “execution of the release to be found in the settlement of any case” as a ministerial act
• determining releases in settlement constituted condition precedent rather than a continuing duty
• “The time for testing whether there are material unperformed obligations on both sides is when the bankruptcy petition is filed.”
• “The time for testing whether there are material unperformed obligations on both sides is when the bankruptcy petition is filed.”
• “In cases where the nonbankrupt party has fully performed [that is, a non-executory contract], it makes no sense to talk about assumption or rejection.”
• “Where, as here, the parties do not make an issue of choice of law, we have no obligation to make an independent determination of what rule would apply if they had made an issue of the matter.” (cleaned up)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).