Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. 203 North LaSalle Street Partnership

I agree with the majority’s conclusion that the reorganization plan in this case could not be confirmed. However, I do *459not see the need for its unnecessary speculations on certain issues and do not share its approach to interpretation of the Bankruptcy Code. I therefore concur only in the judgment.

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Our precedents make clear that an analysis of any statute, including the Bankruptcy Code, must not begin with external sources, but with the text itself. See, e. g., Connecticut Nat. Bank v. Germain, 503 U. S. 249, 253-254 (1992); Union Bank v. Wolas, 502 U. S. 151, 154 (1991). The relevant Code…