Wolf Creek Collieries Co. v. GEX Kentucky, Inc.

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• applying analysis of the self-motivation of claimant found under § 503(b)(3) into requirement for substantial benefit to estate under § 503(b)(1)(A)
• expenses incurred by buyer of debtor’s assets for payroll, utilities and operating expenses were primarily for purchaser’s self interest of preserving the assets
• in the context of a chapter 11 case, “the process of selling the principal assets of a business is not one within the ordinary course of business”
• Court held that creditor does not have an administrative expense claim when it incurred the expenses primarily with its own self interest in mind.
• aff’g Matter of GEX Kentucky, Inc., 103 B.R. 863 (Bankr.N.D. Ohio 1988)

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