Spring, 2009
Randal C. Picker
Leffmann Professor of Commercial Law
The
Website:
picker.uchicago.edu
Email: r-picker@uchicago.edu
Voice:
773.702.0864, Fax: 773.702.0730
Bankruptcy Code; Recent Amendments; Article 9 Reading; Class Materials Set 1
Date |
# |
Topics/Issues |
Cases/Materials |
Pages |
Statutes |
Pre-Slides |
Post-Slides |
M,
3/30 |
1 |
Case
Initiation/Property of the Estate |
Shawmut
Bank, LTV |
55-59,
66-69, 192-97, S1-10 |
109,
301, 303, 541 |
Slides
|
Slides
|
T,
3/31 |
2 |
The
Automatic Stay |
Nextwave,
Nicolet |
103-07,
113-14, 124-38 |
362 |
||
W,
4/1 |
3 |
When A
Claim Arises |
Kovacs,
Epstein |
141-42,
S11-18 |
|||
M,
4/6 |
4 |
Allowing
and Estimating Claims |
Bittner,
Robins |
154-56,
161-76 |
501,
502 |
||
T,
4/7 |
5 |
Secured
Claims |
Dewsnup,
Rash |
177-89,
565-83 |
506,
552 |
||
W,
4/8 |
6 |
Executory
Contracts: Assumption |
Perlman,
Institut Pasteur, |
223-25,
235-52 |
365 |
||
M,
4/13 |
7 |
Executory
Contracts: Rejection |
Leasing
Services, Register, Northwest Airlines |
255-273 |
365,
1113 |
||
T,
4/14 |
8 |
Trustee
as Hypothetical Lien Creditor; Assessing the Rights of Actual Creditors |
Kors,
Moore, Ozark |
275-86,
S19-20, 287-98 |
544,
550, 551 |
||
W,
4/15 |
9 |
Fraudulent
Conveyances |
WR
Grace, Moody |
309-15,
S21-32, 324-40 |
544,
548 |
||
M,
4/20 |
10 |
Preferences |
P.A.
Bergner |
352-67 |
547,
550, 553 |
||
T,
4/21 |
11 |
Adequate
Protection |
Timbers |
411-30 |
362 |
||
W,
4/22 |
12 |
Administering
Property |
Mabey,
Kmart |
430-47 |
|
||
M,
4/27 |
13 |
Sales of
Assets |
Lionel,
TWA |
447-67 |
363 |
||
T,
4/28 |
14 |
Debtor
in Possession Financing |
Saybrook,
SDNY Guidelines |
475-93 |
364 |
||
W,
4/29 |
15 |
Administrative
Expenses |
Reading,
Wall Tube, DAK |
494-515 |
503 |
||
M,
5/4 |
16 |
Priorities
in Distribution |
|
517-26,
538-56 |
507,
508, 510, 726 |
||
T,
5/5 |
17 |
Overview
of Plan Process, Classification |
Woodbrook
Associates |
667-97 |
1121-1124 |
||
W,
5/6 |
18 |
Disclosure
Statements, Solicitation and Voting |
Metrocraft,
Century Glove, Figter, Allegheny |
S33-44,
697-706, S45-48 |
1125,
1126 |
||
M,
5/11 |
19 |
Absolute
Priority Rule |
203
N. LaSalle, Armstrong World |
707-28 |
1129,
1141 |
||
T,
5/12 |
20 |
Boundaries
of the Fresh Start |
Local
Loan Co., Tveten |
559-64,
S49-52, 608-20 |
522,
523, 524, 727 |
||
W,
5/13 |
21 |
Current
Topics: Mortgage Stripdown |
707,
1321, 1322, 1325, 1328 |
||||
M,
5/18 |
22 |
Current
Topics: Legacy Costs |
1113,
1114 |
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T,
5/19 |
23 |
Current
Topics |
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W,
5/20 |
24 |
Review |
|