Legal Opinion
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. v. West Penn Power Co. (In Re Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.)
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 22, 1987No. 19-10019PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARREN W. BENTZ, Bankruptcy Judge.
Case Summary
The debtor requests summary judgment on its Motion to reject an electrical supply contract with West Penn Power Company, on the ground that there is no genuine issue as to the only material fact under the business judgment test viz. whether rejection of the contract will benefit the estate. West Penn Power Company argues that public utility contracts are special types of executory contracts, the rejection of which requires consideration of additional facts viz. the effect of rejection on the public utility, its customers, and the state laws…
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