Legal Opinion
City of New York v. Quanta Resources Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 20, 1984No. 83-5142PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge:
This case presents an issue of major importance under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978: does 11 U.S.C. § 554 (1982) permit the abandonment of property of the bankrupt estate in contravention of state and local environmental protection laws? In proceedings before the bankruptcy court, the trustee in bankruptcy here asserted the power to abandon a waste oil processing and storage facility. He was opposed by the State and City of New York, who argued that the trustee’s power was limited by state and local laws regulating the abandonment of hazardous…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Pepper v. LittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by9 opinions
- In Re: O'Brien Environmental Energy, Inc., Debtor Calpine Corporation v. O'Brien Environmental Energy, Inc., Now Known as Nrg Generating (u.s.), IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Westmoreland Human Opportunities, Inc. v. James R. Walsh, Trustee of the Bankruptcy Estate of Life Service Systems, Inc. Life Service Systems, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- In The Matter Of Quanta Resources Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- In Re Quanta Resources Corporation, Debtor. Appeal of the New Jersey Department of Environmental ProtectionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors v. PSS Steamship Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
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