Shun Yuen Hing & Co. v. United States

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• finding a seller was not entitled to an administrative expense claim under § 503(b)(1) because nothing in the record suggested any post-petition actions such as negotiating new, post-petition contracts with the debtor
• “damage caused by rejection is a prepetition claim, so that it will not burden the reorganizing enterprise”
• “Where no benefits are received by the bankrupt estate or its representative under the contract, and the contract is not assumed, the creditor’s claim is not entitled to priority[.]”
• “In other words, even if the debtor rejects long after commencement of the Chapter 11 proceeding, the Bankruptcy Code declares that the damage caused by the rejections is a pre-petition claim, so that it will not burden the reorganizing enterprise.”

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