Houston Bankruptcy Court Splits With Third Circuit on “Statutory Impairment”

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Ultra court clarifies the requirements for classifying a creditor as “unimpaired” under a plan of reorganization.

Key Points:

- Texas bankruptcy court splits from Third Circuit in finding that a creditor must receive everything it is entitled to under non-bankruptcy law in order for the creditor to be “unimpaired.”

- The decision does not require that unsecured creditors receive post-petition interest but provides that they will be “impaired” if they do not

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