From left: Elisa Hyder and Rudolph J. DiMassa Jr. of Duane Morris. From left: Elisa Hyder and Rudolph J. DiMassa Jr. of Duane Morris.

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Introduction

In In re Tribune, 972 F.3d 228 (3d Cir. 2020), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the confirmation of Tribune Co.'s Chapter 11 plan. In so doing, the court identified certain principles to be applied when determining whether a plan unfairly discriminates against a dissenting class of creditors. In particular, the court established a new eight-step analysis to be applied in "cramming down" such a dissenting class pursuant to Section 1129(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.