CHAPTER 9 - CHAPTER 9 WHEN DIRT GOES TO BANKRUPTCY COURT

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

CHAPTER 9 WHEN DIRT GOES TO BANKRUPTCY COURT

Jennifer Salisbury, Esq.*

SYNOPSIS

§ 9.1 INTERPLAY BETWEEN FEDERAL AND STATE LAW

§ 9.2 TYPES OF BANKRUPTCY CASES

§ 9.2.1—Liquidation — Chapter 7
§ 9.2.2—Rehabilitation — Chapters 9, 11, 12, and 13
§ 9.2.3—Cross-border Insolvencies — Chapter 15

§ 9.3 THE TRUSTEES AND THEIR ROLES IN CHAPTERS 7, 12, AND 13

§ 9.3.1—United States Trustee
§ 9.3.2—Case Trustees

§ 9.4 INTERNAL RESPONSES TO A BANKRUPTCY FILING

§ 9.5 PROPERTY OF THE ESTATE

§ 9.6 IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF BANKRUPTCY FILING — THE AUTOMATIC STAY

§ 9.6.1—The Automatic Stay
§ 9.6.2—Scope of Stay
§ 9.6.3—Relief from Stay
§ 9.6.4—Procedure for Obtaining Relief from Stay
§ 9.6.5—Exceptions to the Automatic Stay Impacting Real Property
§ 9.6.6—Serial Filings
§ 9.6.7—Sanctions for Violating the Stay

§ 9.7 FIRST MEETINGS OF CREDITORS — 11 U.S.C. § 341

§ 9.8 TURNOVER OF PROPERTY BY A CUSTODIAN OR RECEIVER

§ 9.9 CLAIMS

§ 9.9.1—Secured Claims
§ 9.9.2—Priority Claims
§ 9.9.3—Filing a Proof of Claim
§ 9.9.4—Timing
§ 9.9.5—Administrative Claims

§ 9.10 LEASES

§ 9.10.1—Pre-bankruptcy Considerations
§ 9.10.2—A Lease May Only Be Assumed with Court Approval and the Entire Agreement Must Be Assumed with All Defaults Cured
§ 9.10.3—Rejection of a Lease and Its Consequences
§ 9.10.4—Timing of the Decision to Assume or Reject
§ 9.10.5—Post-petition Performance
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