IN RE ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP.

No. 02-41729 (REG).

352 B.R. 578 (2006)

In re ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP., et al., Debtors.

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York.

September 19, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, by Marc Abrams, Esq. (argued), Paul V. Shalhoub, Esq., Morris J. Massel, Esq., Jamie M. Ketten, Esq., New York, NY, for Debtors and Debtors in Possession.

Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, by David M. Friedman, Esq. (argued), Adam L. Shift Esq., New York, NY, Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP, by Edward T. Attanasio, Esq., David M. Stern, Esq., Los Angeles, CA, for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, by Martin J. Bienenstock, Esq. (argued), New York, NY, Sylvia Ann Mayer, Esq., Houston, TX, for the Ad Hoc Committee of ACC Senior Noteholders ("ACC Bondholder Group").

Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman LLP, by Bruce Bennett, Esq., Los Angeles, CA, for the Ad Hoc Committee of ACC Senior Noteholders.

Morgenstern Jacobs & Blue LLC, by Gregory A. Blue, Esq., Eric B. Fisher, Esq. (argued), New York, NY, for Official Committee of Equity Security Holders.

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, by Mette H. Kurth, Esq., Los Angeles, CA, for U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee in Respect of the Arahova Notes.

Seward & Kissel LLP, by Arlene R. Alves, Esq., New York, NY, for Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as ACC Senior Notes Trustee.

Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP, by Edward S. Weisfelner, Esq. (argued), New York, NY, for the Ad Hoc Adelphia Trade Claims Committee.

White & Case LLP, by J. Christopher Shore, Esq. (argued), New York, NY, for the Ad Hoc Committee of Arahova Noteholders.

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, by Gary Kaplan, Esq. (argued), New York, NY, for W.R. Huff Asset Management Co., L.L.C.

Haynes and Boone, LLP, by Judith Elkin, Esq. (argued), New York, NY, for Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Century Cable Lenders.

Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP, by David C. Albalah, Esq. (argued), New York, NY, the Ad Hoc Committee of Non-Agent TCI and Parnassos Lenders.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, by Peter Pantaleo, Esq., Elisha D. Graff, Esq., New York, NY, for Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the UCA Lenders.

Goodwin Procter LLP, by Gina Lynn Martin, Esq., Boston, MA, by Allan S. Brilliant, Esq. (argued), Brian W. Harvey, Esq., New York, NY, for Tudor Investment Corporation.

Pachulski Stang Ziehl Young Jones & Weintraub P.C. LLP, by Richard Pachulski, Esq. (argued), Dean Ziehl, Esq. (argued), New York, NY, for Murray Capital Management.

Stutman Treister & Glatt P.C., by Isaac Pachulski, Esq. (argued), Los Angeles, CA, for Elliot Associates (via telephone).

Clifford Chance U.S. LLP, by Andrew Brozman, Esq. (argued), New York, NY, for Calyon Securities.

Latham & Watkins LLP, by Robert J. Rosenberg, Esq., New York, NY, for the Olympus Bondholders.

Sidley Austin LLP, by Lee S. Attanasio, Esq., New York, NY, for the Fort Myers Noteholders.

Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A., by John H. Drucker, Esq., New York, NY, for the Class Action Plaintiffs.

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, by Kenneth H. Eckstein, Esq. (argued), New York, NY, for the FrontierVision Ad Hoc Committee.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, by James C. Tecce, Esq., New York, NY, for JPMorgan Chase Bank.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP, by Richard L. Wynne, Esq., Michael I. Gottfried, Esq. (via telephone), Los Angeles, CA, for ACC.

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, by Philip D. Anker, Esq., New York, NY, for Credit Suisse First Boston.

Law Offices of Federico Sayre, by Giovanni Orantes, Esq., for Moctesuma Esparza.

White & Case LLP, by Sarah Nye Campbell, Esq., New York, NY, for ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

Office of the United States Trustee, by Tracy Hope Davis, Esq., New York, NY.


BENCH DECISION1 ON MOTION TO TERMINATE EXCLUSIVITY; TO RESUME LITIGATION OF INTERDEBTOR ISSUES; AND TO UNSEAL PROTECTED MATTER

ROBERT E. GERBER, Bankruptcy Judge.

A group of bondholders ("ACC Bondholder Group") of Adelphia Communications Corporation ("ACC Parent"), the highest entity in Adelphia's capital structure, moves to terminate the Debtors' plan exclusivity. The ACC Bondholder Group also moves for a determination on my part...

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