Legal Opinion

Sullivan v. Norton (In re Norton)

District Court, C.D. Illinois

Decided March 29, 1990No. 88-3143PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

Bankruptcy appeal.

At issue: landlord’s portion of a crop share lease.

Here, the Debtors’ landlord, Emma Stewart, contends that when — prior to rejecting a lease of farmland and in “timely perform[ing] all the obligations of the debtor” pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 365(d)(3) — the trustee harvests growing crops, he must also pay to the landlord her entire share of the harvest as one of those obligations.

Predictably, the trustee disagrees; while acknowledging that payment of rent for the period between the filing of the petition and the rejection of the lease is…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. 10 Collier bankr.cas.2d 1137, Bankr. L. Rep. P 69,875 in the Matter of Evanston Motor Co., Inc., Debtor. First National Bank of Lincolnwood v. Maurice Levine, Trustee and Attorney for TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
  2. In Re Coastal Dry Dock & Repair Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1986
  3. Societe Nationale Algerienne Pour La Recherche, La Production, Le Transport, La Transformation Et La Commercialisation Des Hydrocarbures v. Distrigas Corp.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1987
  4. In the Matter of Max Leon Hilligoss and Marilyn L. Hilligoss, Debtors. Appeal of Central National Bank of MattoonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
  5. Blue Barn Associates v. Picnic 'N Chicken, Inc. (In Re Picnic 'N Chicken, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. California · 1986

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Reiter v. Fokkena (In Re Wedemeier)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
  2. Earnest Reiter v. Habbo FokkenaUnited States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
  3. Reiter v. Fokkena (In Re Wedemeier)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 1999

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