Legal Opinion
Century Indemnity Co. v. National Gypsum Co. Settlement Trust (In Re National Gypsum Co.)
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 14, 2000No. 98-11116PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
Appellants, 2 a reorganized Chapter 11 Bankruptcy debtor, filed suit seeking a declaratory judgment that appellee’s claim stemming from an assumed contract was discharged in the debtor’s earlier bankruptcy proceedings. At summary judgment, the bankruptcy court determined that the claim was not discharged, but that the contract was assumed with a binding $0 cure amount. Both parties appealed. The district court, sitting as an appellate court, affirmed the discharge ruling but reversed as to the binding nature of the cure amount. The reorganized debtor appeals…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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