Legal Opinion
In Re Ual Corporation, Reorganized Debtors. Appeal Of: United Retired Pilots Benefit Protection Association
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 25, 2006No. 06-2780PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
United Airlines and its affiliates (“United” for short) declared bankruptcy in December 2002, and in January 2006 the bankruptcy court in Chicago entered a final order confirming a plan of reorganization under Chapter 11. An association of retired United pilots appealed the order to the district court, which dismissed the appeal on the ground that it was unripe. In re UAL Corp., No. 06 C 844 (N.D. Ill. June 22, 2006). The association (which we’ll refer to as the “retired pilots”) appeals the dismissal.
The background to this offshoot of United’s Chapter 11 proceeding is…
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