Delaware Business Bankruptcy Report


Providing access to current decisions, news and commentary regarding commercial bankruptcy cases in Delaware.

Author: Morris James is based in Wilmington, Del. The firm also authors Delaware Patent Litigation Report.

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Recent Posts from Delaware Business Bankruptcy Report


  • Morris James Is Named Delaware's 5th Top Workplace in the "Mid-sized Company" Category

    Morris James was named Delaware's 5th Top Workplace in The News Journal’s Best in the Business survey for mid-sized companies.  This honor makes Morris James the highest-ranking law firm in the State within the "mid-sized company" category.…

  • Morris James Bankruptcy Partners Miller and Kunz Recognized as Leaders in Their Field by 2009 Chambers USA

    The publishers of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business today launched the 2009 Client’s Guide. Morris James partners, Stephen M. Miller and Carl N. (“Chuck”) Kunz, III, have been recognized by Chambers this year in the…

  • Delaware Chapter 11 Filings - 2009

    Commercial Chapter 11 case filings in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in 2009: td.wordsux-head { font-weight: bold; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: underline; } .wordsux td { font-weight: 400; font-size:…

  • "Goods" For 503(b)(9) Purposes Must Be Movable

    In re Goody’s Family Clothing, Inc., Case No. 08-11133 (CSS), Opinion (Bankr. D. Del., Feb. 6, 2009). The Debtors filed an objection to Section 503(b)(9) (“503(b)(9)”) administrative claims they alleged were misclassified on the basis…

  • Court Action Barred by Plan Injunction

    Moss Landing Commercial Park, LLC v. Kaiser Aluminum Corp. (In re Kaiser Aluminum Corp.), Case No. 02-10429, 2009 WL 150863 (D. Del. Jan. 21, 2009) (Judge Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.) Moss Landing Commercial Park, LLC…

  • No Exception to Mutual Debt Requirement - Triangular Setoff Denied

    In re Semcrude, L.P., 2009 WL 68873 (Bankr. D. Del. Jan. 9, 2009) (Judge Brendan Linehan Shannon) Chevron entered into pre-petition contracts with SemCrude, L.P., SemFuel, L.P., and SemStream, L.P. for the sale or purchase…

  • Valid Setoffs Are Unavoidable

    Claybrook v. Metro Auto Xpress, LLC (In re American Remanufacturers, Inc.), Case No. 05-20022, 2008 WL 2909871 (Bankr. D. Del. July 25, 2008) (Walsh, J.) In this Chapter 7 case, the American Remanufacturers, Inc.’s (the…

  • Delaware Chapter 11 Filings - 2008

    Commercial Chapter 11 case filings in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in 2008: td.wordsux-head { font-weight: 700; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: underline; } .wordsux td { font-weight: 400; font-size:…

  • Due Process and 363 Sales of Consignment Goods

    Due Process and 363 Sales of Consignment Goods, American Bankruptcy Institute Young & New Members Committee Newsletter, Vol. 6, No. 4, November 2008.  Authored by Ericka F. Johnson.  In this article, Morris James LLP attorney Ericka F.…

  • Post-petition Stub Rent Allowed as an Administrative Expense Claim Under 503(b)(1)

    In re Goody’s Family Clothing, Inc., 392 B.R. 604 (Bankr. D. Del. 2008) (Judge Christopher S. Sontchi) The Bankruptcy Court held that the court may allow an administrative claim for unpaid post-petition rent under section…