Motions to Extend the Stay: Coming to a Casino – or a Chapter 13 – Somewhere Near You? Part II of II

By Zachary Fairlie, Law Clerk to the Hon. Cynthia A. Norton1, W.D. of Missouri at Kansas City

The Recent Caesars Case – an Extension of the Doctrine?
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In a recent case, In re Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., 808 F.3d 1186 (7th Cir. 2015), the Seventh Circuit considered the statutory power of § 105 to extend the automatic stay to a nondebtor. Caesars Entertainment Operating Company (“CEOC”) owns and operates several casinos and is currently . . .

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