Ground Improvement Techniques, Inc. v. Plan Committee (In Re Washington Group International, Inc.)

Order

EDWARD C. REED, District Judge.

This case is an appeal from the order of the bankruptcy court, docketed on August 4, 2010, which precluded Appellant from collecting post-judgment interest on a judgment which the United States Department of Energy (“DOE”) is obligated to pay. The question presented by the appeal is whether the bankruptcy court erred in finding that 11 U.S.C. § 502(b)(2) prevents Appellant from collecting post-petition interest from the DOE, a non-debtor.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

In 1983, the DOE hired Washington Group International, Inc.’s (“WGI”) predecessor,…