Legal Opinion
U.S. Bank Trust National Ass'n v. AMR Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 12, 2013No. Docket 13-1204-cv, 13-1207-cv, 13-1208-cvPublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to address two questions of law important to the workings of the Bankruptcy Code: (1) whether indenture clauses declaring a debtor’s default upon the filing of a voluntary bankruptcy petition and providing for automatic debt acceleration are unenforceable ipso facto provisions 1 under § 365(e)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 365(e)(1), or other Code provisions cited by U.S. Bank; and (2) the requirements and consequences of an 11 U.S.C. § 1110(a) election when the only outstanding default is an ipso facto default that triggered…
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