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· 7/31/1996

In Re Continental Airlines. Nationsbank of Tennessee, N.A., F/k/a Nationsbank of Tennessee, as Collateral Trustee Under a Secured Equipment Indenture and Lease Agreement Dated March 15, 1987 (\Nationsbank\) New Jersey National Bank, as Successor by Merger to Constellation Bank, N.A., F/k/a National

Citations

  • 91 F.3d 553
  • 36 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 785
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 18900
  • 29 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 629

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a plan’s provision of a mechanism by which a reorganized debtor can pay an administrative claim does not mean that equitable mootness does not apply
  • stating that it was “incumbent” on appellants to obtain a stay where there was a “clear possibility” that their claims would become moot”
  • stating that while the five factors have been given different weights, substantial consummation rates “the foremost consideration”
  • emphasizing that the record was replete with evidence that investing parties not before the court relied on the confirmation order in making decision to enter into a $450 million investment agreement under a complex arrangement
  • emphasizing that the record was replete with evidence that investing parties not before the court relied on the confirmation order in making decision to enter into a $450 million investment agreement under a complex arrangement
  • finding that because the doctrine of equitable mootness “involves a discretionary balancing of equitable and prudential factors,” the bankruptcy court’s decision thereon should be reviewed for an abuse of discretion

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