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§ 502(e)(1)(B)

Alta Mesa Res., In re

Ruling
Insurance company's claim was a pre-petition unsecured claim not subject to disallowance as acontingent claim. (Bankr. S.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Allowance of Claims or Interests; Claims for Reimbursement or Contribution;

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on December 28, 2022 , LexisNexis #0223-078

Motors Liquidation Co., In re

Ruling
Court denied creditor’s request to file a late claim against the general unsecured creditors asthe contingent claim sought reimbursement on a debt for which the parties were co-liable.(Bankr. S.D.N.Y.)
Issue(s)
Allowance of Claims or Interests; Claims for Reimbursement or Contribution;

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on March 22, 2019 , LexisNexis #0519-057

Hercules Offshore, Inc., In re--Hercules Offshore, Inc. v. Axon Pressure Prods.

Ruling
Objection to proof of claim overruled for failure to establish that debtors and claimants wereco-liable on the claim for which reimbursement was sought. (Bankr. D. Del.)
Issue(s)
Allowance of Claims or Interests; Claims for Reimbursement or Contribution;

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on April 13, 2017 , LexisNexis #0517-065

In re Chemtura Corp.

Ruling
Indemnification claims for unliquidated amounts in pending lawsuits disallowed.
Procedural posture

Debtors, a corporation and its affiliates, filed petitions under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, and five companies filed claims against the debtors' bankruptcy estates, seeking contribution for potential damages they owed in product liability lawsuits. The debtors filed objections to the claims, contending that they had to be disallowed under 11 U.S.C.S. § 502(e)(1)(B).

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on September 07, 2010 , LexisNexis #1010-109

In re Touch Am. Holdings Inc.

Ruling
Debtor's officers and directors' motion for indemnification or reimbursement of their attorney fees and costs incurred in negligence action denied.
Procedural posture

Following a grant of partial summary judgment in favor of the plan trustee disallowing certain indemnification claims of the movants, officers and directors of the debtors, the court considered the officers and directors' companion motion for indemnification or reimbursement of their attorney fees and costs incurred in underlying litigation, pursuant to 11 U.S.C.S. § 502(e)(l)(B).

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on July 30, 2009 , LexisNexis #0909-067

In re Alper Holdings USA

Ruling
Objection to claim for costs of defense of possible future environmental claims against debtor's former subsidiary sustained.
Procedural posture

Debtor corporation filed a petition under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, and claimant, a company that purchased assets belonging to a business that became the debtor's subsidiary, filed claims against the debtor's bankruptcy estate. The debtor asked the court to disallow the claims, pursuant to 11 U.S.C.S. § 502(e)(1)(B), , in the alternative, to determine the amount of the claims.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on September 10, 2008 , LexisNexis #1108-073

In re Touch Am. Holdings Inc.

Ruling
Claim of debtor's former officers and directors under ERISA were subject to subordination and actions for indemnification were subject to disallowance.
Procedural posture

Former officers and directors of bankruptcy debtors filed proofs of claim for reimbursement, indemnification, and contribution based on two civil actions against the officers and directors for breach of fiduciary duty and fraud. The trustee under the debtors' confirmed plan moved for summary judgment of subordination with regard to one action and disallowance with regard to the second action.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on January 18, 2008 , LexisNexis #0208-135

In re RNI Wind Down Corp.

Ruling
Claim by former officer of debtor for attorneys'fees received in SEC investigation was not subject to disallowance.
Procedural posture

A former officer of the corporate debtor filed a claim for indemnification and advancement of his defense costs incurred in a civil Securities Exchange Commission ("SEC") action in the Northern District of California, pursuant to debtor's corporate charter and Del. Code Ann. tit. 8, § 145. The plan administrator filed an objection seeking to disallow the claim pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 502(e)(1)(B), as a contingent claim for reimbursement of debt.

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opinion summary, case decided on July 09, 2007 , LexisNexis #0807-039

In re APCO Liquidating Trust

Ruling
City's contingent flaim for contribution under CERCLA disallowed.
Procedural posture

Plaintiff bankruptcy debtors, former husband and wife, brought an adversary proceeding against defendant creditors, seeking a determination that their student loan debt to the creditors was dischargeable based on undue hardship under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8). The bankruptcy court conducted a trial.

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opinion summary, case decided on June 29, 2007 , LexisNexis #0807-099

In re McCoy

Ruling
Claims of bank and notary based on allegation that debtor forged spouse's signature on loan documents alowed over debtor's objection.
Procedural posture

Creditors, a bank and a notary, filed claims against the debtor. The bank acknowledged that one of its claims was a duplicate claim. The claims arose from allegations that the debtor forged his former spouse's signature on loan documents. The debtor objected to the claims, contending that the claims were for reimbursement or contribution of an entity that was liable with the debtor pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 502(e)(1).

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opinion summary, case decided on November 16, 2006 , LexisNexis #1206-049