Ultra Petroleum Redux: Make-Whole Provisions and Solvent-Debtor Exception Remain Intact in the Southern District of Texas

Introduction Since the March 2019 CRR article on the Ultra Petroleum case, entitled Fifth Circuit Holds that Chapter 11 Plan Does Not “Impair” Claimants by Denying Make-Whole Rights and Contractual Interest, a fair amount of activity has occurred in the case.  While the Fifth Circuit’s original opinion, Ultra Petroleum Corp. v. Ad Hoc Comm. of Unsecured […]

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by H. Joseph Acosta, Esq.

Supreme Court Should Address Credit Bidding Rights

In In re River Road Hotel Partners LLC, 651 F.3d 642 (7th Cir. 2011), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the right of secured parties to credit bid their claims in asset sales conducted pursuant to a chapter 11 plan.  This holding is the opposite of the recent holdings by the Third and […]

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by H. Joseph Acosta, Esq.