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Babcock & Wilcox Co., In re

Ruling
Plan language regarding treatment of non-asbestos claims could not circumvent the due process analysis required for future claims. (Bankr. E.D. La.)
Issue(s)
Effect of Confirmation; Discharge; Types of Debt Discharged and Rights Terminated; Debt Arising Pre-petition or Specified in Sections 502(g), (h) and (I).

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on March 06, 2025 , LexisNexis #0525-022

United Ref. Co., In re

Ruling
Confirmation order satisfied the debtors' burden of proof of notice and discharge of claimsfiled by decedent’s estate 28 years later. (Bankr. S.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Effect of Confirmation; Discharge; Types of Debt Discharged and Rights Terminated.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on January 16, 2021 , LexisNexis #0221-094

Peabody Energy Corp., In re--County of San Mateo v. Peabody Energy Corp.

Ruling
Municipalities' common-law claims were properly dismissed as municipalities had notdemonstrated that these claims were equivalent to the listed federal statutes included in theconfirmed plan's exemptions. (8th Cir.)
Issue(s)
Effect of Confirmation; Discharge; Types of Debt Discharged and Rights

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on May 06, 2020 , LexisNexis #0620-097

Parkland Props., In re

Ruling
Court found that creditor did not violate the reorganization plan or the confirmation orderwhen it successfully bid on a certain real property and did not sell it to the reorganized debtor.(Bankr. N.D. Ill.)
Issue(s)
Effect of Confirmation; Discharge; Types of Debt Discharged and Rights

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on July 16, 2019 , LexisNexis #0919-044

Trs. of Conneaut Lake Park, Inc. v. Park Restoration, LLC (In re Trs. of Conneaut Lake Park, Inc.)

Ruling
Court granted the motion to enforce as creditor's post confirmation lawsuit constituted a claimin bankruptcy and was subject to the discharge injunction where the claims arose well beforeplan confirmation. (Bankr. W.D. Pa.)
Issue(s)
Effect of Confirmation; Discharge; Types of Debt Discharged and Rights Terminated; Debt Arising Prepetition or Specified in Sections 502(g), (h) and (I).

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on May 15, 2018 , LexisNexis #0618-084

Dahlin v. Lyondell Chem. Co.

Ruling
Court ruled that the widow's present claim against the debtor had already been discharged inthe confirmation of the debtor's bankruptcy, as the debtor had already met the reasonablyascertainable standards and requirements for the search and notice for unknown creditorsduring the process. (8th Cir.)
Issue(s)
Effect of Confirmation; Discharge; Types of Debt Discharged and Rights Terminated; Debt Arising Prepetition or Specified in Sections 502(g), (h) and (I).

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on January 26, 2018 , LexisNexis #0318-021

Dahlin v. Lyondell Chem. Co.

Ruling
Court ruled that the widow's present claim against the debtor had already been discharged inthe confirmation of the debtor's bankruptcy, as the debtor had already met the reasonablyascertainable standards and requirements for the search and notice for unknown creditorsduring the process. (8th Cir.)
Issue(s)
Effect of Confirmation; Discharge; Types of Debt Discharged and Rights Terminated; Debt Arising Prepetition or Specified in Sections 502(g), (h) and (I).

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on January 26, 2018 , LexisNexis #0318-021

Ultra Petroleum Corp., In re

Ruling
Debtors' liability on the Make-Whole claims was not discharged as the plan provided that the Noteholders' claims were not impaired and shall be paid whatever amount necessary to make them unimpaired. (Bankr. S.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Effect of Confirmation; Discharge; Types of Debt Discharged and Rights Terminated; Debt Arising Prepetition or Specified in Sections 502(g), (h) and (I).

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on September 21, 2017 , LexisNexis #1017-114

Baroni v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (In re Baroni)

Ruling
Attorneys’ fees incurred by creditor in defending adversary proceeding were subject todischarge. (Bankr. C.D. Cal.)
Issue(s)
Were bank attorneys' fees pursuant to a fee-shifting provision in the prepetition loan documents on which bank asserted its claim subject to discharge?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 30, 2016 , LexisNexis #1016-133

Camelback Constr. v. Castellino Villas, A.K.F. LLC (In re Castellino Villas, A.K.F. LLC)

Ruling
Creditor’s claim for attorney fees that arose before the petition date properly denied. (9th Cir.)
Issue(s)
Whether the bankruptcy court erred as a matter of law by holding that attorneys' fees incurred during litigation after the confirmation of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan were discharged by that bankruptcy?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on September 06, 2016 , LexisNexis #0916-131