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IN RE IRIDIUM OPERATING LLC

Docket No. 05-2236-BK.

478 F.3d 452 (2007)

In re IRIDIUM OPERATING LLC, Iridium Capital Corp., Iridium IP LLC, Iridium LLC, Iridium Roaming LLC, Iridium (POTOMAC) LLC, and Iridium Promotions, Inc., Debtors. Motorola, INC., Appellant, v. OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS AND JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 5, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garrett B. Johnson, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL (James H.M. Sprayregen, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL; Frank Holozubiec and Gregory T. Heyman, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY), for Appellant.

Martin J. Bienenstock, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, N.Y. (Greg A. Danilow and Diane Harvey, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY), for Appellee Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

Andrew D. Gottfried, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, N.Y. (Richard S. Toder, William C. Heuer and Robert E. Cortes, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY), for Appellee JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Before: SOTOMAYOR, WESLEY, AND HALL, Circuit Judges.

WESLEY, Circuit Judge:

There is little doubt that settlements of disputed claims facilitate the efficient functioning of the judicial system. In Chapter 11 bankruptcies, settlements also help clear a path for the efficient administration of the bankrupt estate, including any eventual plan of reorganization. Before pre-plan settlements can take effect, however, they must be approved by the bankruptcy court pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019.

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