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Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Option III - Structured Bankruptcy Dismissals are Alive and Well Even After Jevic

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Justice Breyer of the Supreme Court previously recognized that a chapter 11 bankruptcy case can generally lead to the following results: ..reorganization through a confirmed chapter 11 plan, where a deal with creditors...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Structured Dismissals Cannot Deviate From the Bankruptcy Code's Priority Scheme

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In bankruptcy cases under chapter 11, debtors sometimes opt for a "structured dismissal" when a consensual plan of reorganization or liquidation cannot be reached or conversion to chapter 7 would be too costly. In Czyzewski...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

High Court Rules Final, Nonconsensual Structured Dismissals Invalid

The Bankruptcy Code contemplates that a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case will be concluded in one of three ways: a confirmed Chapter 11 plan, a conversion to Chapter 7 for liquidation of remaining estate assets, or a dismissal of...more

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Land Contracts: Mortgage Priority and Other Complications

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Liebzeit v. Intercity State Bank (In re Blanchard), 520 B.R. 740 (Bankr. E.D. Wis. 2014) – A Chapter 7 trustee sought to avoid a mortgage on the debtors’ property using the “strong arm” powers of a hypothetical bona...more

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