Legal Opinion
Hexcel Corp. v. Stepan Co. (In Re Hexcel Corp.)
District Court, N.D. California
Decided August 19, 1999No. C 99-2838 CRBPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BREYER, District Judge.
The issue presented on this appeal is whether the bankruptcy court applied the correct legal standard when it used the “fair contemplation” test set forth in In re Jensen, 995 F.2d 925 (9th Cir.1993) (per curiam), to determine whether Stepan’s third-party contribution claim against Hexcel was discharged in a prior bankruptcy proceeding. For the reasons set forth below, the ruling of the bankruptcy court is affirmed.
I
On December 6, 1993, Hexcel Corporation, plaintiff and appellant in this action, petitioned for bankruptcy. On January 12, 1995, the plan of…
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