These pages collect the work of students from Professor Kuney’s Reorganizations and Workouts seminar. That course consists of an examination of reorganization under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code from petition date to confirmation of a plan of reorganization or other disposition as well as coverage of the use of extensions, compositions, workouts and other non-bankruptcy methods of adjusting the rights or parties to business transactions. Students, working in small groups, select a chapter 11 case and research it, including reviewing all substantive documents on its docket. They then summarize the procedural and substantive history of the case in a report that contains hyperlinks to pdf versions of the source documents upon which the report is based. The resulting case histories are useful in understanding the actual practice of corporate reorganization in chapter 11.

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Submissions from 2024

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The Bankruptcy of FirstEnergy: You're too Close to the Sun, Icarus!, Paul Henken and Carson Jennings

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3M’s Bankruptcy: Pausing The Largest Mass Tort Litigation In Federal District Court History, Drew Roberson and John Thomas

Submissions from 2023

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Getting Out of the Woods: Boy Scouts Bankruptcy, Dalton Maddox and Savannah McMillan

Submissions from 2022

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The Bankruptcy of Remington Outdoor Company: All Bang, No Bucks, Bradshaw Behinfar, Shaun Douglas, and Chad Zachman-Brockmeyer

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Down the Drain: The Bankruptcy of Insys Therapeutics, Inc., Leah Creathorn and Randi Thompson

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Sometimes, the House Loses: Caesars in Chapter 11, Mitchell Gladstein and Christian Wilkinson

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The Guitar Center Bankruptcy: Getting the Band Back Together, Jonathan Jemison and Jacob Moses

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Getting Out of the Woods: Boy Scouts Bankruptcy, Dalton Maddox and Savannah McMillan

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Order Up! The Krystal Company Bankruptcy, W. Preston White and Jonathan E. Williams

Submissions from 2021

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Purdue Pharma L.P.: A Bankruptcy of Epidemic Proportion, Gary Brackett and Eric Salama

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Bad Business, Bumble Bee and Bankruptcy, Andrew Gaither, Michael Trotter, and William Salisbury

Submissions from 2020

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Drilling for Success: An Excavation of Sanchez Energy Corporation’s Ch. 11 Reorganization, Nathan Cates and Landon Foody

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Gander Mountain: A Retail Giant's Fall from the Top, Matthew Guernsey, W. Samuel Hargesheimer, and Richard Mayberry

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THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY BANKRUPTCY, Mason Shelton and Trevor Torres

Submissions from 2019

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The Limited Liquidates (Revised May 2020), Dixon Babb and Alex Brent

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An Unwrapping of the Toys “R” Us Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Jacob Bolton, Jacob Farmer, and Heath Pennington

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Sear's Bankruptcy: From Roebuck to No Bucks, Drew Hove, Taylor Smith, and Bei Yang

Submissions from 2018

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The Republic Airways Bankruptcy: A Brief Chapter 11 Flyby, John Cornell, Brittany Headrick, and Evan Sharber

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Thawing Relations: The Friendly's Ice Cream Corp. Bankruptcy, Andrew T. Cox, Benjamin A. Johnson, and Evan S. Rothey

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Gymboree Takes a Time-Out to Reorganize under Chapter 11, Eboni James and Kendria Lewis

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Underwriter Underwater: The LandAmerica Bankruptcy, Kennedy Kelly, Wilson Roe Moore, and Samuel R. Henninger

Submissions from 2017

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Rdio, Inc.: The Bankruptcy of a Music Streaming Service that Listened to the Wrong Tune, Jeremy Boyd and Phillip Swan

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How to Get Away with Merger: The American Airlines Bankruptcy, Kelsey Cunningham Osborne and Christopher K. Coleman

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Slight Turbulence Ahead: The Chapter 11 Bankruptcy of Republic Airways, Sam Ferguson and Chad Talbot

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Trump Entertainment Resorts: Three Bankruptcies and the Failure to Make Atlantic City Great Again, Ryan Gallagher and Andrew Hale

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The Reorganization of Erickson, Incorporated et al., Taylor Grills and Ben Tarpley

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Sports Authority: Another (Private Equity Owned) Retail Giant Caught Off Guard!, Matthew Homonnay, Katie Yoches, and Luke S. Smith

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Parka Problems: The 2009 Eddie Bauer Bankruptcy, J. Logan Wilson and S. Ashton Smith

Submissions from 2016

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Schwab Industries: Competing and Shifting Interests in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Trey Buckley, Hannah Kay Hurt, and Hunter Threet

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In Re Skymall: The Crash of SkyMall and the Take Off of 363(b) Sales, Spencer Cook and Garett Franklyn

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A Horse Divided: Colt's Second Bankruptcy, Samuel C. Louderback, Preston D. Matthews, and Joshua R. Nunnally

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Forest Park Medical at Frisco, LLC.: The Decline of one Structure and the Rise of Another, Lori Lynn Millsaps

Submissions from 2015

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In re Tellico Landing, LLC, Richard E. Graves and Lee T. Nutini

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Inside Baseball: The Story of the Texas Ranger's Bankruptcy, Andrew Street and Walker Kinney

Submissions from 2014

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Chapter 11 with a Happy Ending: The Six Flags Bankruptcy, John Capps and Lauren Sherrell

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In re Fairpoint Communications, Inc., Patrick Green and Todd Blakeley Skelton

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Borders Group, Inc.’s Final Chapter: How A Bookstore Giant Failed In The Digital Age, Will Hooper and Mary Katherine Rawls

Submissions from 2013

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A Blockbuster Failure: How an Outdated Business Model Destroyed a Giant, Todd Davis and John Higgins

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Hostess Brands, Inc. Bankruptcy, Kathryn K. Ganier, Frederick L. Conrad III, and Wendy G. Patrick

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In re THQ Inc. "Game Over", Henry Ned Hildebrand, Carlo Julio Salas, and Taylor K. Wirth

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FORCE OUT: A Dodgers Bankruptcy, Richard Marrero and CJ Fayton

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In re Dewey Ranch Hockey, LLC: The Bankruptcy of the Phoenix Coyotes, Chris Rowe and Jeff Upshaw

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Circuit City's Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Jeff Smith and Peyton Hairston

Submissions from 2012

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Mesa Airlines, Brittany Brent and Lindy Harris

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Solyndra, Brandon Brewer, Matthew Kinsey, and Anthony Mendenhall

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In re Jazz Photo Corp., Archie Carden and Cory Swainston

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The Bankruptcy of Golfers' Warehouse, Inc.: A Lesson in How to Sell a Business in Chapter 11, Briton Collins, Will Smith, and David Choi

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Lambuth, Jennifer Crake, Zackarij Gradner, and Scott McLeod

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William Edwin Lindsey, Lida Griest, Chris Inklebarger, and Sydney Koch

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The Bankruptcy of D & K Aviation, T J. Hatter, Maurice Echols, and Michael Mason

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Movie Gallery, Cornell Kennedy, Phylinda Ramsey, and Kevin Rayburn

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Reader's Digest, Walter Machnicki

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New Era Bankruptcy, Holly N. Mancl

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In re Adelphia Communications Corp., Hilari Sheffield and Adam Smith

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Independence Air, Kara West and Patrick Woodside

Submissions from 2011

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The Story of Kmart's Reorganization, John Fisher and Justin Wolbert

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Drug Fair Group, Inc., Robby Lockett, Scott Lochridge, and Jessica Manning

Submissions from 2010

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In Re Crabtree & Evelyn: "Almost Washed Up", Kristina Chuck and Lin Ye

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Active Ride Shop : Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Matt Fink and Philip Meyer

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Tragedy on the Descent: The Ascent and Fall of Eddie Bauer, Austin Fleming and Bryan C. Hathorn

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Simon Transportation Services, Inc., Will Holloway, Eliot Kerner, and J. Paul Singleton

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Appalachian Oil Company, Inc.: A Company's Journey After Running Out of Gas, Allison S. Jackson, Raymond G. Lewallen Jr., and Jennifer T. McGinn

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Yellowstone Mountain Club, Benjamin Signer, Paul Wehmeier, and Joseph Whelan

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Death of a (Used Car) Salesman: An Examination of the Incredible Auto Sales, LLC Bankruptcy, Alicia Teubert and Melissa Carraso

Submissions from 2006

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U.S. Airways, Petrie and Patterson

Submissions from 2005

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Tyson, Neal Cope and Doug Elkins

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H.W. Johns - Manville, Steven P. Ingram and James K. Lam

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FAO Schwartz in Chapter 22: Too Big for its Britches, Andrea Kuban, Chris Reiley, and Mary Walker

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Mississippi Chemical, Stacie Odencal and Jeremy Deese

Submissions from 2004

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The A.H. Robins Bankruptcy, Jeb Gerth, Ed Meade, and Ryan Russell