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In Re Adelphia Communications Corp.

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York

Decided January 11, 2007No. 19-35220PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DECISION ON LOCAL FRANCHISING AUTHORITY ISSUES 1

ROBERT E. GERBER, Bankruptcy Judge.

In this contested matter in the jointly administered cases of Adelphia Communications Corporation and its subsidiaries, the Court has before it the executory contract assignment issues, under section 365 of the Code, associated with the Debtors’ contemplated transfer of their cable operations to affiliates of Comcast Corporation and Time Warner Cable. Though the Debtors have been able to consensually resolve the section 365 issues with all but about 14 of the approximately 2,500 local franchising authorities…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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3Cited by14 opinions

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  3. In re Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2012
  4. In Re Adelphia Communications Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2007
  5. In Re Motors Liquidation Co.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2011

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