Legal Opinion
Elk Horn Coal Co. v. Conveyor Manufacturing & Supply, Inc. (In Re Pen Holdings, Inc.)
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided September 17, 2004No. 302-00979; Adversary 304-0062; 304-0081; 304-0085; 304-0087; 304-0089; 304-0093; 304-0101; 304-0102; 304-0106; 304-0107; 304-0109; 304-0111; 304-0113; 304-0145; 304-0152; 304-0163; 304-0196; 304-0200; 304-0215; 304-0216; 304-0224; 304-0230; 304-0234PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
KEITH M. LUNDIN, Bankruptcy Judge.
The issue in these consolidated adversary proceedings on motions to dismiss and for summary judgment is whether the confirmed Chapter 11 plan preserved preference actions from the res judicata effect of confirmation. Provisions in the Joint Plan that reserved avoidance actions under 11 U.S.C. § 547 are minimally sufficient for purposes of 11 U.S.C. § 1123(b)(3).
Facts
Pen Holdings, Inc. and five related entities 1 (“Pen”) filed Chapter 11 petitions on January 24, 2002. Pen controlled the rights to approximately 200 million tons of Appalachian coal and…
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