Publication Date: 2022-04-19
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry: Energy
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Noreika
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edmon L. Morton, Matthew B. Lunn, Ashley E. Jacobs, Jared W. Kochenash, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul V. Shalhoub, Todd G. Cosenza, Charles D. Cording, Ciara A. Copell, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for appellant.
for defendant: Francis G.X. Pileggi, Cheneise V. Wright, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Vincent F. Alexander, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Andrew Bluth, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Sacramento, CA for appellees.
Case Number: D69786
Bankruptcy court did not abuse discretion in sua sponte invoking the permissive abstention doctrine to adjudicate claim objections where doing so would not materially affect administration of the bankruptcy estate and the claim objections largely sought to adjudicate the merits of an underlying litigation that involved the rights of other parties not involved in the bankruptcy proceeding.