This document is a court opinion by Circuit Judge Barrington D. Parker regarding appeals by three groups of creditors challenging various aspects of Momentive Performance Materials, Inc.'s substantially consummated plan. The opinion discusses the equitable grounds for providing relief when an unfair or illegal plan is in effect, especially when a creditor has taken appropriate steps for judicial relief.
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{"key_people":["Barrington D. Parker","Douglas Hallward-Driemeier","Mark R. Somerstein","Mark I. Bane","Danielle Spinelli","Joel Millar","Philip D. Anker","Alan E. Schoenfeld","Michael J. Sage","Brain E. Greer","G. Eric Brunstad, Jr.","Susheel Kirpalani","Roy T. Englert, Jr.","Mark T. Stancil","Alan E. Untereiner","Matthew M. Madden","Ira S. Dizengoff","Abid Qureshi","Brian T. Carney","Pratik A. Shah","James E. Tysse","Z.W. Julius Chen","Joseph T. Baio","James C. Dugan","Dennis F. Dunne","Michael L. Hirschfeld","Seth H. Lieberman","Patrick Sibley","Ronald J. Mann"],"document_date":"2017","document_type":"legal","key_locations":["Washington D.C.","New York, NY","Hartford, CT"],"document_subtype":"court opinion","key_organizations":["Ropes & Gray LLP","Wilmington Trust, National Association","Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP","Dechert LLP","Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP","Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP","U.S. Bank National Association","Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP","Momentive Performance Materials Inc.","Apollo Management, LLC","Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP","Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP","Pryor Cashman LLP","Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB","Columbia Law School","Loan Syndications and Trading Association","Managed Funds Association","Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association"],"reference_numbers":["874 F.3d 787","2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 20596","Bankr. L. Rep. (CCH) P83,176","64 Bankr. Ct. Dec. 216"]}