Legal Opinion
Continental Air Lines, Inc. v. Hillblom (In Re Continental Air Lines, Inc.)
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided May 29, 1986No. 5:20-po-00005PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CARL O. BUE, Jr., District Judge.
I. Introduction
This Court is required to determine how far a debtor-in-possession (“debtor”) 1 can plumb the depths of the protections afforded by the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (“the Code”). With this in mind, the underlying question presented for decision is as follows: Is a debtor permitted to enter into a marketplace as any other suitor, free from the restrictions imposed by the Code, to conduct an attempted, post-petition takeover of an independent corporation and, claiming the fruit of its marketplace activity as property of the…
2Cases cited88 opinions
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- Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Shaffer v. HeitnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by83 opinions
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