In Re De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Debtor. Carolco Television Inc. v. National Broadcasting Co.

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• holding that, even though an 23 advertising agency had contracted with NBC to buy advertising – and not the agency’s client – 24 1 Cf. Kossian v. Am. Nat’l Ins. Co., 254 Cal. App. 2d 647 (1967
• recognizing that California law does not provide a quantum meruit claim where the benefitted party has paid a general contractor for the work done, even if the general contractor failed to pay the subcontractors who did the work
• observing the possibility that “pendent State law claims” may be “dismissed, with prejudice to further proceedings in Federal Court but without prejudice to further proceedings in State Court”
• agreeing with cases holding that “a valid setoff claim cannot be defeated by a discharge in bankruptcy” (quoting Camelback Hosp., Inc. v. Buckenmaier (In re Buckenmaier), 127 B.R. 233, 236–37 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 1991))
• “When confirmation occurs before the deadline to file proof of claims, confirmation cannot terminate the rights of creditors.”
• Chapter 11 discharge did not bar a creditor from raising a pre-petition claim as a setoff against an action brought by the debtor

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