IN RE WESTERN PACIFIC AIRLINES, INC.

Civ.A. No. 98-K-358, Bankruptcy No. 97-24701 SBB.

219 B.R. 305 (1998)

In re WESTERN PACIFIC AIRLINES, INC., a Delaware corporation, Debtor. WESTERN PACIFIC AIRLINES, INC., and Smith Management, Inc., Appellants, v. GATX CAPITAL; Aircorp, Inc.; Sunrock Aircraft; CCA, KG Leasing & Mercury; Sabre Group, Inc.; and Orix; Appellees, and Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management, and Boullioun Aircraft Holding Co., Inc., Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

March 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christian Onsager, Michael J. Pankow, Faegre & Benson, L.L.P., Denver, CO, for Western Pacific Airlines.

David T. Brennan, Otten Johnson, Denver, CO, for Smith Management Inc.

Tucker K. Trautman, Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, P.C., Denver, CO, for GATX Capital.

M. Frances Cetrulo, Berenbaum, Weinshienk & Eason, P.C., Denver, CO, for Sunrock Aircraft.

Glenn W. Merrick, Brega & Winters, Denver, CO, for Sabre Group, Inc.

Dennis O. Olson, Elson, Gibbons, Sartain, Nicoud, Birne, Sussman & Gueck, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Aircorp, Inc.

Paul Rubner, Rubner & Kutner, Denver, CO, for CCA, KG Leasing & Mercury.

William J. Rochelle III, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., New York City, for Orix.

Duncan E. Barber, Philip C. Zimmerman, Holme, Roberts & Owen, L.L.P., Denver, CO, for Babcock & Brown.

Daniel F. Warden, Bond & Morris, P.C., Denver, CO, Susan M. Freeman, Lewis & Rocha, L.L.P., Phoenix, AZ, for Boullioun.


MEMORANDUM DECISION ON APPEAL

KANE, Senior District Judge.

Before me is a series of expedited appeals and cross-appeals in the Western Pacific ("WestPac") bankruptcy proceedings. These appeals challenge the bankruptcy court's oral rulings of February 9 and 12, 1998, which compelled Chapter 11 debtor WestPac to cure its defaults on various aircraft leases within 72 hours or allow lessors immediate possession of their aircraft ("February 9 Ruling") and then...

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