Legal Opinion
In Re Thinking MacHines Corp.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 17, 1995No. Civ. A. 95-10394-WGYPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, District Judge.
This appeal of a decision and judgment of the Bankruptcy Court involves a single narrow issue hotly contested and frequently litigated — with contradictory results — across the country. The question is whether, under the Bankruptcy Code (the “Code”), the rejection of a commercial lease by the bankruptcy trustee or the debtor-in-possession is effective at once upon an unequivocal act of rejection by the trustee or debtor-in-possession or later upon court approval of the rejection. As a debtor must continue to honor its obligations under the lease until…
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