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Ninth Circuit Holds That Joint Plan Covering Multiple Debtors Must Be Approved by Only One Impaired Class Per Plan, Not One Impaired Class Per Debtor

The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held that section 1129(a)(10) of the Bankruptcy Code – a provision which, in effect, prohibits confirmation of a plan unless the plan has been accepted by at least one impaired class of claims – applies on “per plan” rather than a “per debtor” basis, even when the plan at issue covers multiple debtors. In re Transwest Resort Properties, Inc., 2018 WL 615431 (9th Cir. Jan. 25, 2018). The Court is the first circuit court to address the issue.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Ninth Circuit
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures: Delaware Bankruptcy Court Doesn’t Answer in Syntax-Brillian, Denying Motion to Remove Trustee

The Bankruptcy Code’s priority scheme provides that the shareholders generally cannot receive anything on account of their investment until all secured, priority and unsecured creditors are paid in full.

USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
Backstage Rider Demands: 10 Bottles of Dom Perignon, M&Ms (Absolutely No Brown Ones!), Two Ice Cream Cakes, and a DIP Carve Out

While rockstars such as Iggy Pop and Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe were infamous for outlandish rider requests while on tour, perhaps nobody is more notorious for their demands of concert promoters than Van Halen.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Media & Entertainment, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Debtor
50 Cent: You Love Him in a Bentley, But Would You Love Him on a Bus? 50’s Creditors Have 21 Questions, and They’re All About U.S. Bankruptcy Law

♫ “Girl, it’s easy to love me now.

Would you love me if I was down and out?

Would you still have love for me?” ♫

-50 Cent, 21 Questions

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Media & Entertainment, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
Restructuring Department Bulletin - December 2025
USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, Insolvency, Supreme Court of the United States