Legal Opinion
In Re Secured Equipment Trust of Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 16, 1993No. 18-12617PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION ON MOTION TO DISMISS INVOLUNTARY PETITION
BURTON R. LIFLAND, Chief Judge.
First Fidelity Bank, N.A., New Jersey (“First Fidelity”), the Collateral Trustee of the Eastern Air Lines, Inc. Secured Equipment Trust (the “Secured Equipment Trust” or “Trust”), moves to dismiss an involuntary petition filed against the Trust on the grounds that the Trust is not an eligible debtor under the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1330 (1993) (the “Code”).
I. Background
A. Statement of Facts
Eastern Air Lines, Inc. (“Eastern”) and First Fidelity executed a Secured Equipment Indenture and Lease…
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