In Re Mirant Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that a bankruptcy court’s ability to liquidate “claims against a bankruptcy estate . . . is at the very heart of the bankruptcy court's function and purpose.”
• denying motion for relief from stay to liquidate claims after holding that “liquidation of claims against a bankruptcy estate and their allowance and disallowance is at the very heart of the bankruptcy court’s function and purpose”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Mirant Corp.
  N.D. Texas· 2006-11-21· cited 25×
• Ernst & Young, LLP v. Gregg Pritchard (In Re Daisytek, Inc.)
  N.D. Texas· 2005-04-11· cited 5×
• Santangelo Law Offices, P.C. v. Touchstone Home Health LLC (In re Touchstone Home Health LLC)
  D. Colorado· 2017-08-21· cited 4×
• Trevino v. Select Porfolio Servicing, Inc. (In re Trevino)
  S.D. Texas· 2019-03-07· cited 4×
• Russell v. Queen City Furniture (In Re Russell)
  N.D. Mississippi· 2009-01-23· cited 3×
• Sternklar v. Heritage Auction Galleries, Inc. (In Re Paul)
  D. Massachusetts· 2008-11-04· cited 2×
• In Re Access Cardiosystems, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2007-02-16· cited 2×
• Zimmerli v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC
  N.D. Texas· 2010-06-22· cited 2×
• Cain v. United Credit Corp of Brookhaven (In re Cain)
  S.D. Mississippi· 2018-04-12· cited 1×
• Gertz v. Echo Rock Ventures, LLC (In re Arter & Hadden, LLP)
  N.D. Ohio· 2006-01-31
• Griffin v. Country Credit, LLC (In re Griffin)
  S.D. Mississippi· 2018-03-09

Cites

38 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Shearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,711×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Waffle House, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2002-01-15· cited 1,129×
• Unnamed case
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-08-26· cited 744×
• Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation v. Hood
  Supreme Court· 2004-05-17· cited 300×
• In Re: Crysen/montenay Energy Co., Debtor. Crysen/montenay Energy Co., Debtor-Appellant v. Shell Oil Co. And Scallop Petroleum Co.
  Second Circuit· 2000-08-29· cited 259×
• Lesser v. A-Z Associates (In Re Lion Capital Group)
  S.D. New York· 1985-02-12· cited 112×
• Insurance Co. of North America v. NGC Settlement Trust & Asbestos Claims Management Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-08-13· cited 88×
• In re Gandy
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-07-22· cited 88×
• In the Matter of Continental Airlines, Debtors. Joseph E. O'neill, and James Stephens v. Continental Airlines, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-01-19· cited 81×
• Still v. Rossville Bank (In re Chattanooga Wholesale Antiques, Inc.)
  Sixth Circuit· 1991-04-10· cited 69×
• Internal Revenue Service v. Taylor (In Re Taylor)
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-01-06· cited 59×
• Mirant Corp. v. Potomac Electric Power Co. (In Re Mirant Corp.)
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-08-04· cited 58×
• Satelco, Inc. v. North American Publishers, Inc. (In Re Satelco, Inc.)
  N.D. Texas· 1986-03-13· cited 52×
• American Freight System, Inc. v. Consumer Products Associates (In Re American Freight System, Inc.)
  D. Kansas· 1994-02-28· cited 39×
• Kittay v. Landegger (In Re Hagerstown Fiber Ltd. Partnership)
  S.D. New York· 2002-04-26· cited 33×
• In Re FRG
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1990-06-04· cited 32×
• Cibro Petroleum Products, Inc. v. City of Albany (In Re Winimo Realty Corp.)
  S.D. New York· 2001-10-25· cited 28×
• Knepp v. Credit Acceptance Corp. (In Re Roy A.)
  N.D. Alabama· 1999-01-29· cited 23×
• Sacred Heart Hospital v. Independence Blue Cross (In Re Sacred Heart Hospital)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1995-04-19· cited 23×
• Caldor Corp. v. S Plaza Associates, L.P. (In Re Caldor, Inc.)
  S.D. New York· 1998-01-30· cited 23×