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Third Circuit· 7/26/1996

In Re Martin

Citations

  • 91 F.3d 389

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  • holding that trustee could not have breached settlement agreement pending court approval by engaging in behavior violative of the agreement since Bankruptcy Court formally endorsed trustee's course of action
  • noting that trustee’s settlement of debt- or’s breach of contract' claim “ventured beyond the domain of transactions ... encountered in the ordinary course of business”
  • noting that § 363 procedures may be applied to a settlement agreement that involves the mutual release of claims
  • noting that trustee's settlement of debtor's breach of contract claim \ventured beyond the domain of transactions . . . encountered in the ordinary course of business\
  • upholding a bankruptcy court’s order 17 denying approval of a stipulation agreement after debtors were 18 victorious in a state court litigation filed in violation of the 19 stipulation agreement
  • “To minimize litigation and expedite the administration of a bankruptcy estate, ‘[clompromises are favored in bankruptcy.’ 9 Collier on Bankruptcy § 9019.03[1] (15th ed. 1993.”)

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