Legal Opinion

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Motors Liquidation Co. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided October 17, 2014No. 325, 2014PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STRINE, Chief Justice:

I. INTRODUCTION

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (“Second Circuit”) has certified the following question of law important to a dispute pending before it:

Under UCC Article 9, as adopted into Delaware law by DeLCode Ann. tit. 6, art. 9, for a UCC-3 termination statement to effectively extinguish the perfected nature of a UCC-1 financing statement, is it enough that the secured lender review and knowingly approve for filing a UCC-3 purporting to extinguish the perfected security interest, or must the secured lender intend to terminate the particular…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Stifel Financial Corp. v. CochranSupreme Court of Delaware · 2002
  2. Boilermakers Local 154 Retirement Fund v. Chevron Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 2013
  3. Leatherbury v. GreenspunSupreme Court of Delaware · 2007
  4. HMG/Courtland Properties, Inc. v. GrayCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1999
  5. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Motors Liquidation Co. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (In re Motors Liquidation Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2013

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Nationwide Emerging Managers, LLC v. Northpointe Holdings, LLCSupreme Court of Delaware · 2015
  2. In re Motors Liquidation Co.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2015
  3. Motors Liquidation Co. v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2015
  4. Espinoza v. DimonSupreme Court of Delaware · 2015
  5. AHW Investment Partnership v. Citigroup Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2015

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