Legal Opinion
Mason v. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors Ex Rel. FBI Distribution Corp. (In Re FBI Distribution Corp.)
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 27, 2003No. 19-1496PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to decide whether the Chapter 11 debtor in possession must pay in excess of $1.2 million in severance pay, pursuant to the terms of two prepetition contracts, as an administrative expense to an executive who was terminated after rendering postpetition services. We affirm the bankruptcy court’s grant of summary judgment, denying administrative priority status to the executive’s claim.
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On May 17, 1999, Filene’s Basement, Inc. (n/d/b/a FBI Distribution Corp.), then a wholly owned subsidiary of Filene’s Basement Corp. (n/d/b/a FBC Distribution…
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