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On February 10th, electricity operator LSP Energy LP ("LSP") filed chapter 11 petitions for bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. As stated in court filings, LSP owns and operates an electricity plant located in Batesville, Mississippi. Aside from its gas-fired electric generation facility, LSP's assets consist primarily of 58 acres of land in which it operates its facility. See Declaration of LSP's President in Support of First Day Motions (the "Declaration" or "Decl.").
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On December 22, 2011, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware inIn re JER/Jameson Mezz Borrower II LLC 1 dismissed with prejudice a mezzanine borrower’s bankruptcy case for bad faith under Section 1112(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. In doing so, the court clarified that the standard in the Third Circuit to evaluate the good faith of a debtor seeking shelter under the umbrella of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code is an objective one and does not consider the subjective good faith of a debtor as do courts within the Secon d Circuit.
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Earlier this month, the Liquidating Trust in the Advanta Corp. bankruptcy proceeding began filing preference complaints in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court. Advanta and certain affiliates ("Advanta") filed for bankruptcy in Delaware in November of 2009. As stated in the Liquidating Trust's complaints, Advanta was at one time one of the largest issuers of "business purpose credit cards" in the United States.
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