Legal Opinion
In re Tribune Company Fraudulent Conveyance Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 23, 2013No. Multidistrict Litigation No. 11 MD 2296(RJS); Master Case File No. 12 MC 2296(RJS)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum and ordeR
RICHARD J. SULLIVAN, District Judge.
This multidistrict litigation (“MDL”), which consolidates state and federal cases from across the country, arises out of the leveraged buyout (“LBO”) of the Tribune Company (“Tribune”) in 2007 and its subsequent bankruptcy in 2008. Plaintiffs in these cases — the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the “Committee”), which represents Tribune’s bankruptcy estate, and hundreds of individual creditors of Tribune (the “Individual Creditors” or “Creditors” 1) — seek to claw back funds that were distributed to individuals and entities…
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