Ultra Petro Corp v. Ad Hoc Com

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the solvent-debtor exception has existed for “some three centuries of bankruptcy law”
• “[A]brogation of a prior bankruptcy practice generally requires an ‘unmistakably clear’ statement on the part of Congress; any ambiguity will be construed in favor of prior practice.”
• “For some three centuries of bankruptcy law, courts have held that an equitable exception to the usual rules applies in the unusual case of a solvent debtor.”
• “[T]he traditional solvent-debtor exception compels payment of the Make-Whole Amount[.]”
• “[T]he traditional solvent-debtor exception compels payment of the Make-Whole Amount[.]”
• emphasizing “economic reality” over “dictionary definitions or formalistic labels”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Fifth Circuit· 2023-07-11· cited 5×
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  Third Circuit· 2024-09-10
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  Third Circuit· 2024-09-25
• In re: The Hertz Corporation v.
  Third Circuit· 2024-11-06
• Excluded Lenders v. Serta Simmons
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-12-31
• Excluded Lenders v. Serta
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-12-31
• Excluded Lenders v. Serta Simmons
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-02-14

Cites

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

• United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-22· cited 4,657×
• Dewsnup v. Timm
  Supreme Court· 1992-01-15· cited 1,346×
• Kelly v. Robinson
  Supreme Court· 1986-11-12· cited 1,318×
• Hartford Underwriters Insurance v. Union Planters Bank, N. A.
  Supreme Court· 2000-05-30· cited 1,290×
• BFP v. Resolution Trust Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1994-05-23· cited 1,012×
• Cohen v. De La Cruz
  Supreme Court· 1998-03-24· cited 919×
• Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. Davenport
  Supreme Court· 1990-05-29· cited 854×
• Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-24· cited 763×
• JMD Holding Corp. v. Congress Financial Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2005-03-31· cited 446×
• United States v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1993-04-05· cited 368×
• 172 Van Duzer Realty Corp. v. Globe Alumni Student Assistance Association, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2014-12-19· cited 301×
• Truck Rent-A-Center, Inc. v. Puritan Farms 2nd, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1977-02-24· cited 287×
• Sexton v. Dreyfus
  Supreme Court· 1911-01-23· cited 224×
• City of New York v. Saper
  Supreme Court· 1949-03-07· cited 223×
• American Iron & Steel Manufacturing Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Railway
  Supreme Court· 1914-04-06· cited 155×
• Thrifty Oil Co. v. Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-03-06· cited 127×
• In Re Samuel Duke Cardelucci, Debtor. Willem Onink, Marsha Onink v. Samuel Duke Cardelucci
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-04-12· cited 98×
• Lewis J. Ruskin, Collateral Trustee v. Charles H. Griffiths, Trustee in Reorganization
  Second Circuit· 1959-08-26· cited 90×
• In the Matter of Wayne M. Laymon, Debtor. Theron Bradford, Trustee v. James Crozier, Trustee
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-05-21· cited 86×
• Unnamed case
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-05-20· cited 74×