Legal Opinion
In re Lake Lotawana Community Improvement District
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided December 19, 2016No. Case No. 16-42357-can9PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
*913OPINION AND ORDER DENYING MOVANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY OF MEDIATION STATEMENT
JUDGE CYNTHIA A. NORTON, United States Chief Bankruptcy Judge
Must a Chapter 9 debtor produce a pre-petition mediation statement so that its creditor may ascertain whether the debtor mediated in good faith and is thus eligible to file Chapter 9 under 11 U.S.C. § 109(c)(5)(B)? Under the facts of this case, the court concludes that the mediation statement is privileged and need not be produced.1
I. Background
On August 26, 2016, the Lake Lotawana Community Improvement District (“the District”) filed for Chapter 9…
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