Legal Opinion
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Route 37 Business Park Associates
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 22, 1993No. 92-5100PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALITO, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal by a creditor, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company (“Hancock”), that seeks to foreclose on a mortgage on property owned by Route 37 Business Park Associates (“debtor”), which has filed a voluntary Chapter 11 petition. The bankruptcy court denied Hancock’s motion for relief from the bankruptcy automatic stay, and the district court affirmed. 146 B.R. 640. We hold that Hancock’s motion was incorrectly denied because the debtor’s proposed plan contains an impermissible classification scheme for unsecured claims and thus has no…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Route 37 Business Park AssociatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- In Re Curtis Center Ltd. PartnershipUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1996