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Appellate Court reverses Kmart order approving favorable treatment of critical vendors' pre-petition unsecured claims. (Credit Column).

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| May 01, 2003 | Nathan, Bruce S. | COPYRIGHT 2003 National Association of Credit Management. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Introduction

The pre-bankruptcy claims of "critical vendors" (eliciting support from the "haves" and frustration and a sense of unfairness from the "havenots") has just been turned on its head!

In recent years, the trend in court decisions has been to approve (and in many instances rubberstamp) the requests of debtors to pay the pre-petition unsecured claims of vendors the debtor designates as "critical vendors", and whose goods and services the debtor considers essential to the survival of the debtor's business. The courts have granted this relief despite the general rule that prepetition unsecured claims are at the bottom of the claims priority ...

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