Appendices, B. List of Applicable Tests by Jurisdiction

• Jurisdiction: United States

B. List of Applicable Tests by Jurisdiction

Circuit Court and Circuit Case	District	Decision
D.C. Circuit In re Auto-Train Corp., 810 F.2d 270 (D.C. Cir. 1987)	District of Columbia	In re Southern Terrace L.P., 1998 WL 1819083, at *1-2 (Bankr. D.D.C. Feb. 5, 1998) (applying Auto-Train)
1st Circuit In re Hemingway Transp. Inc., 954 F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1992)	District of Maine	In re Blair, 226 B.R. 502, 505 (Bankr. D. Me. 1998) (spousal consolidation case; using a balancing test and citing, inter alia, to Reider and Snider)
	District of Massachusetts	In re Logistics Information Systems Inc., 432 B.R. 1, 11-12 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2010) (applying Auto-Train)
	District of New Hampshire	In re Birch, 72 B.R. 103, 106 (Bankr. D.N.H. 1987) (spousal consolidation case, looking to interrelationship of debtors and using a balancing test)
	District of Puerto Rico	Martinex-Rivera v. Scotiabank, 2016 WL 8671837, at *1 (Bankr. D.P.R. Sept. 30, 2016) (citing to Hemingway for definition; dicta finding substantive consolidation by reason of debtor being corporation's sole officer and director of affairs)
	District of Rhode Island	N/A
2nd Circuit In re Augie/Restivo Baking Co. Ltd., 860 F.2d 515 (2d Cir. 1988)	District of Connecticut	In re Homesteads Community at Newtown LLC, 2012 WL 6811090, at *8, n.12 (Bankr. D. Conn. Aug. 21, 2012) (citing Augie/Restivo for when substantive consolidation is appropriate)
	Northern District of New York	In re Reserve Capital Corp., 2007 WL 880600, at *3-4 (Bankr. N.D.N.Y. March 21, 2007) (applying Augie/Restivo)
	Southern District of New York	In re Republic Airways Holdings Inc., 582 B.R. 278 (S.D.N.Y. 2018) (applying Augie/Restivo)
	Eastern District of New York	In re Augie/Restivo Baking Co. Ltd., 84 B.R. 315, 320 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 1988) (using factors from Vecco and balancing test), rev'd 860 F.2d 515 (2d Cir. 1988) (establishing two-factor test for Second Circuit)
	Western District of New York	N/A
	District of Vermont	N/A
3rd Circuit In re Owens-Corning, 419 F.2d 195 (3d Cir. 2005)	District of Delaware	In re Woodbridge Group of Companies LLC, 592 B.R. 761, 775 (Bankr. D. Del. 2018) (applying Owens Corning)
	District of New Jersey	In re Macrophage Inc., 2007 WL 708926, at *6 (D.N.J. March 2, 2007) (applying Owens Corning)
	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	In re Universal Marketing Inc., 541 B.R. 259, 303 (Bankr. E.D. Pa. 2015) (applying Owens Corning)
	Middle District of Pennsylvania	In re Clearview Builders Inc., 405 B.R. 144, 147-148 (Bankr. M.D. Pa. 2009) (citing Owens Corning as the Circuit authority)
	Western District of Pennsylvania	N/A
	District of the Virgin Islands	N/A
4th Circuit	District of Maryland	N/A
	Eastern District of North Carolina	In re Eagle Creek Subdivision LLC, 407 B.R. 206, 208 (Bankr. E.D.N.C. 2008) (applying Augie/Restivo)
	Middle District of North Carolina	N/A
	Western District of North Carolina	N/A
	District of South Carolina	In re City Loft Hotel LLC, 465 B.R. 428, 433 (Bankr. D.S.C. 2012) (adopting Augie/Restivo)
	Eastern District of Virginia	In re Fas Mart Convenience Stores Inc., 320 B.R. 587, 594 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2004) (applying Augie/Restivo)
	Western District of Virginia	N/A
	Northern District of West Virginia	N/A
	Southern District of West Virginia	N/A
5th Circuit	Eastern District of Louisiana	N/A
	Middle District of Louisiana	In re Carroll, 520 B.R. 491, 496-97 (Bankr. M.D. La. 2014) (applying both factor-based and balancing test; citing Owens Corning for "principles courts should consider" and Augie/Restivo for "critical factors")
	Western District of Louisiana	In re American Intern. Refinery, 402 B.R. 728, 744, 744 n.5 (Bankr. W.D. La. 2008) (alter-ego case; remarking in dicta that Auto-Train test that applies for substantive consolidation is "almost identical" to alter-ego doctrine under state law)
	Northern District of Mississippi	N/A
	Southern District of Mississippi	In re Coleman, 417 B.R. 712, 726 (Bankr. S.D. Miss. 2009) (citing Augie/Restivo for "[t]he two major factors most courts ... will consider," but stating "no uniform guideline ... because consolidation requires such a fact-specific analysis")
	Northern District of Texas	In re Ward, 558 B.R. 771, 794 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2016) (applying both Augie/Restivo and Owens Corning)
	Southern District of Texas	N/A
	Eastern District of Texas	In re ELite Eyewear Holding Inc., 2009 WL 349832, at *3 (Bankr. E.D. Tex. Feb. 5, 2009) (citing Augie/Restivo factors)
	Western District of Texas	In re Introgen Therapeutics Inc., 439 B.R. 570, 582-86 (Bankr. W.D. Tex. 2010) (applying factors from Augie/Restivo and balancing test from Snider; "This court believes that the two Augie/Restivo factors accurately...