Chapter 11, Due Process, Appeals

Non-Creditor was Entitled to Actual Notice of A Chapter 11 Plan’s Injunction Barring Suits Against Insurance Carriers

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 4/1/2025

A federal district judge recently affirmed a bankruptcy judge’s ruling that a non-creditor was entitled to actual notice of an injunction that would bar the non-creditor from suing the debtors’ insurance carriers. In re Boy...more

Delaware District Court Dismisses Appeal by Creditors’ Committee After Case is Converted from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 3/30/2018

The Bankruptcy Code provides for the appointment of a creditors’ committee in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. See 11 U.S.C. § 1102. There is no parallel provision applicable to chapter 7 cases. When a bankruptcy case is...more

Eighth Circuit rejects foreseeability test for notice to unknown creditors

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 2/2/2018

In Dahlin v. Lyondell Chemical Co., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 1956 (8th Cir. Jan. 26, 2018), the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an argument that bankruptcy debtors were required by due process to provide more prominent...more

General Motors: Protection Granted in Section 363 Sale Orders is Only as Good as the Notice Given

Dechert LLP on 7/18/2016

In a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in the General Motors case, the court held certain claimants were not afforded procedural due process with respect to the § 363 sale of General Motor...more

Chapter 11 › Due Process › Appeals

Non-Creditor was Entitled to Actual Notice of A Chapter 11 Plan’s Injunction Barring Suits Against Insurance Carriers

Delaware District Court Dismisses Appeal by Creditors’ Committee After Case is Converted from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7

Eighth Circuit rejects foreseeability test for notice to unknown creditors

General Motors: Protection Granted in Section 363 Sale Orders is Only as Good as the Notice Given

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