In Re Torwico Electronics, Inc., Debtor. Torwico Electronics, Inc. v. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection

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• holding that state cleanup order is not a dischargeable claim under 11 U.S.C. § 101(5)(B) because neither the statute nor the court order at issue provided a right to payment
• determining that obligations under orders or statutes like ISRA or RCRA — that require performance rather than payment — are not “claims” subject to discharge and holding that debtor was required to clean up its former site of operations
• finding, in determining whether an injunction was dischargeable, that the relevant issue was whether the state has a right to payment
• seeking to impose cleanup of hazardous wastes

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