United States Third Circuit

Bankruptcy Court's approval of the sale of airline's assets to another airline, which extinguished the liability of buyer for seller's labor claims, is affirmed because 363(f) of the Bankruptcy Code permits a sale of property "free and clear" of an "interest in such property."

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/13/2003
• Published 03/13/2003

Judges

• Before: ALITO and FUENTES, Circuit Judges and OBERDORFER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John S. Koppel (Argued), William Kanter, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Colm F. Connolly, United States Attorney, Wilmington, DE, Nicholas M. Inzeo, Acting Deputy General Counsel, Philip B. Sklover, Associate General Counsel, Lorraine Davis, Assistant General Counsel, Robert J. Gregory, Senior Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Federal Appellants., Namita Luthra (Argued), Lenora M. Lapidus, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Women's Rights Project, New York, NY, for Appellant Linda Knox-Schillinger.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard A. Rothman (Argued), Greg A. Danilow, Alan B. Miller, Weil, Gotshal & Manges L.L.P., New York, NY, Gregory S. Coleman, Weil, Gotshal & Manges L.L.P., Houston, TX, Mark D. Collins, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, for Appellees American Airlines, Inc., AMR Corporation, AMR Finance Inc., Eric F. Leon, Kirkland & Ellis, New York, NY, Alexander Dimitrief, P.C., James H.M. Sprayregen, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Laura Davis Jones, Bruce Grohsgal, Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl, Young & Jones, Wilmington, DE, for Appellees Trans World Airlines, Inc., et al.