Legal Opinion
In Re Lisanti Foods Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 2, 2007No. 05-3912UnpublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FUENTES, Circuit Judge.
In this bankruptcy appeal, appellants argue that the Bankruptcy Court erred in “substantively consolidating” three debtors in confirming a bankruptcy plan. Applying the standard laid out in In re: Morfesis, 270 B.R. 28 (Bankr.D.N.J.2001), the Bankruptcy Court concluded that the debtors could be consolidated on account of their “substantial identity.” The District Court affirmed. After we decided In re: Owens Corning, 419 F.3d 195 (3d Cir.2005), articulating our standard for substantive consolidation, the District Court reconsidered the issue, and…
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