Legal Opinion
Ferrell v. Robinson Mann Creative Enterprises, Inc. (In Re Brown)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 23, 1997No. 19-10743PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID A. SCHOLL, Chief Judge.
A INTRODUCTION
Presently before us are two similar controversies arising in the bankruptcy cases of two prominent recording artists. Both artists seek a determination that their respective rejections of certain executory contracts pertaining to their creative work products will relieve them of any obligations under those contracts.
Consistent with the principles regarding the effect of rejection of executory contracts articulated by this court in In re Walnut Associates, 145 B.R. 489, 494-95 (Bankr.E.D.Pa.1992), and presently, in our perception, universally…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Brown v. Death Row Records, Inc. (In Re Brown)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1998