Legal Opinion
In re Petters Co.
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota
Decided November 22, 2013No. Court File Nos. 08-45257, 08-45258(GFK), 08-45326(GFK), 08-45327(GFK), 08-45328(GFK), 08-45329(GFK), 08-45330(GFK), 08-45331(GFK), 08-45371(GFK), 08-45392(GFK)PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING TRUSTEE’S MOTION FOR SUBSTANTIVE CONSOLIDATION
GREGORY F. KISHEL, Chief Judge.
INTRODUCTION
In the 1990s and the early years of the 2000s, Thomas J. Petters was a large public presence in the business and social community of Minnesota. Through holding companies he acquired full or partial ownership of several prominent business operations, including Sun Country Airlines, the Polaroid Corporation, and the Fingerhut Companies. Through other entities in his enterprise structure, he held himself out as an adept intermediator of consumer goods at the distribution level of the retail…
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