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