Wendy A. Kinsella
How Judge Kinsella rules, drawn from 2 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Kinsella decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
The insider settlement was approved after heightened scrutiny because the court found the settlement factors favored approval and the transaction brought assets into the estate without dictating a plan.
“after applying heightened scrutiny to the Global Settlement and balancing the Iridium factors, the Court finds the factors weigh in favor of granting the Motion.”
Cautions
Retention was denied where counsel's extensive affiliate representation created an appearance of divided loyalty that threatened confidence in the bankruptcy process.
“Jones Day is so intertwined with the Debtor’s affiliates that it creates a clear appearance of impropriety and divided loyalties.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Based on the record before it, the Court sustains the UST Objection and UCC Objection and denies the Jones Day Retention Application.”
“the Court finds the factors weigh in favor of granting the Motion.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All six sampled matters remained pending. The Vanderbilt Minerals stream supplied the filing date for one express contested disposition; the other five supplied no separately classifiable outcome.
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