United States Seventh Circuit

Bankruptcy court ruling that an agreement between United Air Lines and the City of Denver for the financing and operation of newly constructed facilities at the Denver airport was not severable and constituted a lease is affirmed where: 1) the contract was an inherently integrated bargain on its face; and 2) United conceded that the indivisible whole of the agreement constituted a true lease.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/16/2006
• Decided 07/06/2006
• Published 07/06/2006

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, EASTERBROOK, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James H.M. Sprayregen, Marc Kieselstein (argued), Colby Kingsbury, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Debtor-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Harold L. Kaplan, Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago, IL, William W. Kannel, Timothy J. Langella (argued), Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, Boston, MA, Douglas W. Jessop, Jessop & Company, Denver, CO, for Appellees.