IN RE CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS

Bankruptcy No. 09-11435 (JMP). Adversary No. 09-01132 (JMP).

419 B.R. 221 (2009)

In re CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, et al., Debtors. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent, Plaintiff, v. Charter Communications Operating, LLC and CCO Holdings, LLC, Defendants.

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

November 17, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Basta, Esq., Stephen E. Hessler, Esq., Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Albert Togut, Esq., Richard K. Milin, Esq., Togut Segal & Segal LLP, New York, NY, Mark E. McKane, Esq., Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Jonathan D. Brightbill, Esq., Daniel T. Donovan, Esq., Jeffrey S. Powell, Esq., Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Washington, D.C., Ray Schrock, Esq., Mathew Regan, Esq., Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Debtors.

Peter Pantaleo, Esq., George Wang, Esq., Bryce Friedman, Esq., Bruce Angiolillo, Esq., Susannah Geltman, Esq., Mary Elizabeth McGarry, Esq., Stephen Fitzgerald, Esq., Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP, New York, NY, Attorneys for JPMorgan Chase Bank.

David S. Elkind, Esq., Russell Lippman, Esq., Mark R. Somerstein, Esq., Nila Williams, Esq., Ropes & Gray, LLP, New York, NY, Attorneys for Creditors' Committee.

Alan Kornberg, Esq., Andrew J. Ehrlich, Esq., Daniel Leffell, Esq., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, Attorneys for the Unofficial Committee of Holders of CCH I, LLC and CCH II, LLC notes.

Kurt Ramlo, Esq., Andrew Garelick, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Jay Goffman, Esq., Robert E. Zimet, Esq., Susan Saltzstein, Esq., Jeremy Berman, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, Attorneys for Paul G. Allen.

Kenneth H. Eckstein, Esq., Phillip Kaufman, Esq., Joel Taylor, Esq., Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY, Attorneys for the First Lien Lender Group.

David Molton, Esq., Daniel Saval, Esq., Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, NY, Attorneys for Wells Fargo Bank, as Agent for the Third Lien Secured Lenders.

Dwight Healy, Esq., Gerard Uzzi, Esq., Andrew Hammond, Esq., Greg Starner, Esq., Fernando Menendez, Esq., Karen M. Asner, Esq., White & Case, LLP, New York, NY, Attorneys for the Law Debenture Trust Company of New York.

Susan Power Johnston, Esq., David Haller, Esq., Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY, Attorneys for Wilmington Trust Company.

Alan S. Maza, Esq., U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, New York, NY, Attorneys for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Leslie C. Heilman, Esq., Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Benjamin M. Schmidt, Esq., Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Attorneys for Creditor, Comcast Communications.

Mark Hebbeln, Esq., Foley & Lardner, LLP, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Creditor, UMBA N.A.

Jeffrey M. Schlerf, Esq., Sheldon Rennie, Esq., Fox Rothschild, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Attorneys for R Squared Communications.

Suzanne Trowbridge, Esq., Goodwin & Goodwin, LLP, Charleston, WV, Attorneys for Community Antenna Services.

Jason Bramlett, Esq., Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP, Fayetteville, AR, Attorneys for Creditor, Key Colony Fund LP.


OPINION ON CONFIRMATION OF PLAN OF REORGANIZATION AND ADJUDICATION OF RELATED ADVERSARY PROCEEDING

JAMES M. PECK, Bankruptcy Judge.

Introduction

Since these cases were filed on March 27, 2009, Charter Communications, Inc. ("CCI" and, together with its affiliated debtors, "Charter" or the "Debtors") has been engaged in one of the most hotly contested confirmation battles ever conducted. The conflict...

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