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IN RE ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP.

No. 19-1430.

949 F.3d 806 (2020)

IN RE: ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP, aka TXU Corp., aka Texas Utilities, et al., Debtors. Shirley Fenicle, individually and as successor-in-interest to the Estate of George Fenicle; David William Fahy; John H. Jones; David Heinzmann; Harold Bissell; *Kurt Carlson; *Robert Albini, individually and as successor-in-interest to the Estate of Gino Albini; Denis Bergschneider, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion filed: February 18, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel K. Hogan , Hogan McDaniel, 1311 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1, Wilmington, DE 19806.

Steven Kazan , Kazan McClain Satterley & Greenwood, 55 Harrison Street, Suite 400, Oakland, CA 94607.

Leslie M. Kelleher [ARGUED], Jeanna R. Koski , Caplin & Drysdale, One Thomas Circle, N.W., Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005, Counsel for Appellants.

Matthew C. Brown , Thomas E. Lauria , Joseph A. Pack , White & Case, 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 4900, Miami, FL 33131.

J. Christopher Shore [ARGUED], White & Case, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.

Jeffrey M. Schlerf , Fox Rothschild, 919 North Market Street, Suite 300, Wilmington, DE 19801, Counsel for Appellee Reorganized EFH Debtors.

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, Counsel for Appellee EFH Plan Administrator Board.

Jennifer Bennett , Public Justice, 475 14th Street, Suite 610, Oakland, CA 94607.

Michael J. Quirk , Motley Rice, 40 West Evergreen Avenue, Suite 104, Philadelphia, PA 19118, Counsel for Amicus Curiae Public Justice.

Before: KRAUSE and MATEY, Circuit Judges, and QUIÑONES ALEJANDRO, District Judge

OPINION OF THE COURT

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