IN RE ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP.

No. 18-1109.

904 F.3d 298 (2018)

IN RE: ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP., et al., Debtors NextEra Energy, Inc., Appellant

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: September 13, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Buchanan , Winston & Strawn, 1700 K Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20006, Dan K. Webb , Winston & Strawn, 35 West Wacker Drive, Suite 4200, Chicago, IL 60601, Howard Seife [Argued], Andrew Rosenblatt , Eric Daucher , Norton Rose Fulbright, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, Jonathan S. Franklin , Norton Rose Fulbright, 799 9th Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, D.C. 20001, Matthew B. McGuire , Landis Rath & Cobb, 919 Market Street, Suite 1800, P.O. Box 2087, Wilmington, DE 19899, Counsel for Appellant NextEra Energy, Inc.

Douglas H. Hallward-Driemeir [Argued], Jonathan R. Ference-Burke , Ropes & Gray, 2009 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 1200, Washington, D.C. 20006, Gregg M. Galardi , Keith H. Wofford , Ropes & Gray, 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, Counsel for Appellees Elliott Associates, L.P., Elliott International, L.P., and Liverpool Limited Partnership

Daniel J. DeFranceschi , Jason M. Madron , Richards Layton & Finger, 920 North King Street, One Rodney Square, Wilmington, DE 19801, Mark E. McKane [Argued], Kirkland & Ellis, 555 California Street, Suite 2700, San Francisco, CA 94104, James H.M. Sprayregen , Marc Kieselstein , Andrew R. McGaan , Chad J. Husnick , Steven N. Serajeddini , Kirkland & Ellis, 300 North LaSalle, Chicago, Illinois 60654, Michael A. Petrino , Kirkland & Ellis, 655 15th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20005, Edward O. Sassower , Stephen E. Hessler , Brian E. Schartz , Aparna Yenamandra , Kirkland & Ellis, 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, Counsel for Appellee Energy Future Holdings Corp.

Before: GREENAWAY, JR., RENDELL, and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

About a year after approving a merger agreement that called for the payment of a $275 million termination fee under certain conditions, the Bankruptcy Court in this Chapter 11 case admitted that it had made a mistake, granted a motion for reconsideration, and narrowed the circumstances under which...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases