• In re: Cupples

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Shannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-10741 (BLS)

    Court dismissed bankruptcy petition that appeared to be filed solely to avoid liability on a large judgment entered for damages caused by debtors' misconduct.

  • In re: Samson Res. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-27
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Shannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; J. Christopher Shore, Colin T. West, White & Case, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael S. Neiberg, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sabina Willett, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA; David M. Stern, KTBS Law LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: 15-11934 (BLS)

    Suit to recover proceeds of the sale of debtor as a fraudulent transfer failed where the acquisition negotiations were fair and conducted at arms-length, since the seller was entitled to sell the company for as much as they could get and the buyer was free to negotiate what it considered a fair price, even though in hindsight the purchase price seemed overinflated as it placed an unsustainable amount of debt on the company.

  • In re Peck

    Publication Date: 2023-01-31
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Shannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-11161 (BLS)

    The court overruled the creditor's objections to a debtor's Chapter 13 plan on the basis that they disagreed as to the classification of his real property which further included a mobile home.

  • In re: Quorum Health Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-24
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Shannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-10766 (BLS)

    Court dismissed adversary complaint seeking to revoke plan of reorganization where plaintiff was an unimpaired general unsecured creditor who was not entitled to vote on the plan.

  • In re: Main St. Bus. Funding, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Shannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. Lane, Jr., Berwyn, PA, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Ricardo Palacio, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE, attorney for trustee.

    Case Number: D69861

    Perfected security interest did not cover proceeds from commercial tort litigation where the proceeds were acquired after the security interest was established and where the interest only included a general claim to the intangible property of the debtor.

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  • In re: RGN-Group Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-03-01
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Shannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69733

    Claimant could pursue attorneys' fees where authorized by lease that debtor remained obligated under, and where claimant had yet to recover the statutory cap of unpaid rent.

  • In re: TK Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-11
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Automotive | Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Shannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69677

    Adversary proceeding to determine insurer's obligation to provide coverage constituted a non-core proceeding as it only required analysis of the policy contracts rather than of the bankruptcy plan or bankruptcy law.

  • In re: Hosp. Acquisition LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-01-06
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Shannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. Blake Cleary, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Abid Qureshi, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY for debtors.
    for defendant: Donald J. Detweiler, Troutman Pepper, Wilmington, DE; James P. Muenker, Neligan, LLP, Dallas, TX for movant.

    Case Number: D69248

    Lump sum adjustment from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services received by debtors constituted a "settlement" and therefore qualified as a purchased asset that debtors were required to turn over under the terms of the parties' asset purchase agreement.

  • In re: Tribune Media Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Shannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68912

    Debtors' objection to defamation claims sustained where plaintiff failed to prove by preponderance of the evidence that allegedly defamatory newspaper article contained misstatements or omissions of material facts.

  • In re RMH Franchise Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-10
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Shannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68317

    A creditor's extension of the time for curing defaults under a franchise agreement did not contain a clear and unambiguous notice of termination.