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Chapter 9 Online Repository: Rule 9019 Applicability to Settlement Agreements

October 24, 2017

This page includes a motion, objections thereto, related briefs, and an order/opinion regarding the applicability of Bankruptcy Rule 9019 to settlements in the Chapter 9 case. Rule 9019 provides, “[o]n motion by the trustee and after notice and a hearing, the court may approve a compromise or settlement.” This court determined that a Chapter 9 debtor does not need to seek approval of settlements reached during the Chapter 9 case.

Rule 9019 Applicability to Settlement Agreements is one of several Chapter 9 Online Repository categories.

Downloadable files:
PDF icon Stockton 12-32118 Doc 585- Motion for Order that Rule 9019 Approval Is Unnecessary or to Approve Settlement Agreement 9 pages
PDF icon Stockton 12-32118 Doc 605- Limited Objection to Motion for Order that Rule 9019 Approval Is Unnecessary 9 pages
PDF icon Stockton 12-32118 Doc 613 - Reply in Support of Motion for Order that Rule 9019 is Unnecessary 10 pages
PDF icon Stockton 12-32118 Doc 656 - Brief in Support of Doc 605 Limited Objection 16 pages
PDF icon Stockton 12-32118 Doc 670 - CalPERS' Brief Regarding Rule 9019 Applicability 20 pages
PDF icon Stockton 12-32118 Doc 678 - Reply in Opposition to Motion for Order that Rule 9019 Approval Is Unnecessary 19 pages
PDF icon Stockton 12-32118 Doc 685 - Memorandum Opinion Re Applicability of Rule 9019 17 pages
PDF icon Stockton 12-32118 Doc 694 - Order That Rule 9019 Approval is Not Required 4 pages

Tags:
Settlement | Bankruptcy | Chapter 9 Municipal Bankruptcy | Trustees | Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure | Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9019 | U.S. Bankruptcy Courts