Legal Opinion
Supplee v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 2, 2007No. Docket No. 06-1478-bkPublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.
Appellant John P. Supplee, whose employment was terminated without cause by debtor-appellee Bethlehem Steel Corporation (“BSC”) during the pendency of BSC’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, asserts that a portion of the early retirement benefits due him under two BSC retirement plans should be recognized as an administrative claim on BSC’s estate. Specifically, he contends that the two plans’ early retirement penalties, which in his view are waived upon termination in certain circumstances, constitute a severance payment that is entitled to administrative priority…
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