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The ‘Dissent’ in Boy Scouts Favored Using Equitable Mootness to Uphold Nondebtor Releases

The circuit courts are diverging on the utility of equitable mootness to avoid reversing confirmation of chapter 11 plans.

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Third Circuit Upholds Boy Scouts’ Nonconsensual Releases, Purdue Notwithstanding

The Third Circuit majority upheld nondebtor, nonconsensual releases because they were part of a sale, making the appeal statutorily moot under Section 363(m).