In the bankruptcy context, effectively appealing an order confirming a debtor’s plan of reorganization is not always a sure bet, as a court may refuse to entertain the appeal in the name of equitable mootness. Equitable mootness – “a judge-made abstention doctrine that allows a court to avoid hearing the merits of a bankruptcy appeal because implementing the requested relief would cause havoc”
USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Third Circuit