In Re: Chrysler LLC et al., No. 09-2311 (2d Cir. 2010)
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09-2311-bk In Re: Chrysler LLC et al. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT August Term, 2008 (Argued: June 5, 2009 Decided: January 25, 2010) Docket No. 09-2311-bk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x IN RE CHRYSLER LLC, Debtor. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x INDIANA STATE POLICE PENSION TRUST, INDIANA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT FUND, and INDIANA MAJOR MOVES CONSTRUCTION FUND, Objectors-Appellants, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE OF CONSUMER-VICTIMS OF CHRYSLER LLC, Objector-Apellant, WILLIAM LOVITZ, FARBOD NOURIAN, BRIAN CATALON, CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY, CONSUMER ACTION, CONSUMERS FOR AUTO RELIABILITY AND SAFETY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSUMER ADVOCATES, and PUBLIC CITIZEN, Objectors-Appellants, PATRICIA PASCALE, Objector-Appellant, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 - v.CHRYSLER LLC, aka Chrysler Aspen, aka Chrysler Town & Country, aka Chrysler 300, aka Chrysler Sebring, aka Chrysler PT Cruiser, aka Dodge, aka Dodge Avenger, aka Dodge Caliber, aka Dodge Challenger, aka Dodge Dakota, aka Dodge Durango, aka Dodge Grand Caravan, aka Dodge Journey, aka Dodge Nitro, aka Dodge Ram, aka Dodge Sprinter, aka Dodge Viper, aka Jeep, aka Jeep Commander, aka Jeep Compass, aka Jeep Grand Cherokee, aka Jeep Liberty, aka Jeep Patriot, aka Jeep Wrangler, aka Moper, aka Plymouth, aka Dodge Charger, Debtors-Appellees, INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE, AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO ( UAW ), Appellee, FIAT S.P.A. and NEW CARCO ACQUISITION LLC, Appellees, CHRYSLER FINANCIAL SERVICES AMERICAS LLC, Appellee, THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS, Appellee, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee, EXPORT DEVELOPMENT CANADA Appellee. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 Before: JACOBS, Chief Judge, KEARSE and SACK, Circuit Judges. On remand from the Supreme Court of the United States. GLENN M. KURTZ, THOMAS E. LAURIA (Owen C. Pell, Karen M. Asner, on the brief), White & Case LLP, New York, NY for ObjectorsAppellants Indiana State Police Pension Trust et al. NANCY WINKELMAN, (M. Christine Carty, Barry E. Bressler, Richard A. Barkasy, on the brief) Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA for ObjectorAppellant The Ad Hoc Committee of Consumer-Victims of Chrysler LLC ADINA H. ROSENBAUM, (Allison M. Zieve, on the brief), Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., and Elizabeth J. Cabraser (Robert J. Nelson, Scott P. Nealey, on the brief) Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, and Harley E. Riedel (Edward J. Peterson, on the brief) Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Prosser, P.A., Tampa, FL for Objectors-Appellants William Lovitz et al. SANDER L. ESSERMAN (Robert T. Brousseau, Jo E. Hartwick, Cliff I. Taylor, on the brief) Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 Plifka, PC, Dallas, TX, and Alan R. Brayton (Christina Skubic, on the brief) Brayton Purcell LLP, Novato, CA for ObjectorAppellant Patricia Pascale THOMAS F. CULLEN, (Corinne Ball, Steven C. Bennett, Todd R. Geremia, Veerle Roovers, on the brief), Jones Day, New York, NY and Washington, D.C., for Debtors-Appellees Chrysler LLC et al. DEBORAH M. BUELL, (James L. Bromley, Luke A. Barefoot, Kimberly C. Spiering, James Croft, on the brief), Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY, for Appellee International Union of United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Workers of America STEVEN L. HOLLEY (John L. Warden, Laurent S. Wiesel, on the brief) Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for Appellees Fiat S.p.A. and New CarCo Acquisition LLC MARTIN J. BIENENSTOCK (Judy G.Z. Liu, on the brief) Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, New York, NY for Appellee Chrysler Financial Services Americas LLC KENNETH H. ECKSTEIN, (Jeffrey S. Trachtman, Thomas Moers Mayer, on the brief) Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY for Appellee The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 JEANNETTE A. VARGAS, Assistant United States Attorney, (Tara LaMorte, Li Yu, David S. Jones, on the brief) for Lev L. Dassin, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, and JOHN RAPISARDI, Of Counsel to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, New York, NY for Appellee United States of America MICHAEL J. EDELMAN, Vedder Price P.C., New York, NY for Appellee Export Development Canada JOAN PILVER, Assistant Attorney General, (Matthew F. Fitzsimmons, on the brief) for Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General of the State of Connecticut, Hartford, CT for Amicus Curiae State of Connecticut ROGER NETZER, (Lisa D. Bentley, Emma-Ann Deacon, on the brief) Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY, and Robert G. Zack, Chief Legal Officer, Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund and Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC, New York, NY for Amici Curiae Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund and Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC PER CURIAM: The Supreme Court of the United States vacated the 5 1 judgment of this court, recorded at In re Chrysler LLC, 576 2 F.3d 108 (2d Cir. 2009), and remanded with instructions to 3 dismiss the appeal as moot. 4 Trust, et al., v. Chrysler LLC, et al., --- S. Ct. ---, 2009 5 WL 2844364, at *1 (Dec. 14, 2009). 6 judgment of this court is vacated and this appeal is 7 dismissed as moot. Ind. State Police Pension 6 Accordingly, the
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