In Re Ingleside Associates

136 B.R. 955, 1992 Bankr. LEXIS 316, 1992 WL 31254
CourtUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
DecidedFebruary 20, 1992
Docket19-10726
StatusPublished
Cited by10 cases

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In Re Ingleside Associates, 136 B.R. 955, 1992 Bankr. LEXIS 316, 1992 WL 31254 (Pa. 1992).

Opinion

OPINION

DAYID A. SCHOLL, Bankruptcy Judge. A. INTRODUCTION

Before this court are numerous Objections of Charles P. Pasquale (“Charles”), the owner of a 23% “voting interest” of the partnership interests of the Debtor-realty partnership, to confirmation of the Debt- or’s Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization (“the Plan”), which was conceived by Charles’ brother, H. Donald Pasquale (“Donald”), who also owns a 23% “voting interest” in the Debtor. We hold that one of the Objections, alleging the failure of the Plan to conform to 11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(10), must be sustained, because the only classes impaired by the Plan include (1) “intercompany loans” from closely-related partnerships, and (2) “general partnership interests,” both of which classes contain only insiders.

However, since it appears that minor revisions to the Plan could overcome this defect and that some degree of future guidance to the Debtor regarding the perceived merit of other issues raised by Charles is appropriate, we briefly discuss and reject the other Objections of Charles, most notably a contention that his partnership interests cannot be altered by the Plan.

B. PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL HISTORY

The sum of the “voting interests” in the Debtor are allocated as follows: 23% each to Donald and Charles; 6% to Thomas N. Shine (“Shine”), the Debtor’s chief financial officer, who generally supports Donald in the brothers’ disputes; and 46% to Dominick Pasquale, the father of Donald and Charles (“the Father”). Other partnerships controlled by the Pasquale brothers are owned, by them and/or Shine, in equal shares. Pertinent to this dispute is the fact that, as to two of the other partnerships, Forge Industrial Tract (“FIT”) is owned 46% each by Donald and Charles and 8% by Shine, and Pasquale Partnership (“PP”) is owned 50% by Donald and Charles.

On April 3, 1991, INGLESIDE ASSOCIATES (“the Debtor”); several other realty partnerships controlled by the Pasquale brothers, including ‘FIT and PP; and SWEDELAND ROAD CORPORATION (“Swedeland”), a Subchapter “S” corporation controlled by them, all filed voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. Plans of Reorganization and accompanying Disclosure Statements were filed for each of the Pasquale debtor entities, including this Debtor, FIT, and PP, on November 1,1991. *958 At hearings on the respective Disclosure Statements on November 27, 1991, the debtors in FIT, PP, and all of the other Pasquale cases except the instant Debtor indicated a desire to file what they hoped would be consensual Amended Plans, accompanied by Amended Disclosure Statements, by January 7,1992, with hearings to be conducted on the Amended Disclosure Statements on February 5, 1992. After hearings on February 5, 1992, we allowed the debtors in all of the Pasquale cases except this one to file further Amended Disclosure Statements by February 18, 1992, with any further Objections due February 25,1992. These cases thus appear to be on a track for prompt potential consensual plan confirmations.

The Disclosure Statement accompanying the Debtor’s Plan was approved on November 27, 1991, and the voting materials accompanying it were to be transmitted by December 6, 1991. Ballots and Objections to confirmation were to be filed by January 3, 1992. A Report of Plan Voting (“the Report”) was to be filed by January 9, 1992. The confirmation hearing was scheduled on January 15, 1992.

The instant Plan was pursued prior to those in the other cases because it was perceived as less likely to be subject to objection by creditor interests. In fact, the Plan and Disclosure Statement assert that no classes of claims are impaired. Notable are the following descriptions of treatment of the secured claim of Royal Bank of Pennsylvania (“Royal”) (Class C); general unsecured claims (Class D); post-confirmation “intercompany loans” from PP (Class F); unsecured pre-petition “intercompany loans” (Class G); and “general partnership interests” (Class H), in the Plan, as finally amended:

Class C Claim of Royal. This claim is unimpaired. This class consists of the claim of Royal which holds a first mortgage on Buchanan House which mortgage secures pre-petition principal amount of $500,000, and a second mortgage on Ingleside Golf course which secures a debt in the amount of $5,500,000 as of the petition date. Debtor shall cure any default and continue its obligations under the existing mortgage documents.
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Class E General Unsecured Claims. Class E Claims are unimpaired. Each holder of an Allowed Claim in Class E shall receive payment in two installments at any time up to one year after the Confirmation Date, but in no event later than the Effective Date. 1
Class F Post-Confirmation Intercom-pany Loans from Pasquale Partnership. Class F Interests are unimpaired. The Class F Interests will be paid off after the elements to the above plan but before the partnership interests and no later than three (3) years.
Class G Unsecured Intercompany Loans. Class G interests are unimpaired. The Class G interests will be paid off in cash or property, when debtor elects, a period not to exceed ten years.
Class H General Partnership Interests. Class H interests are unimpaired. To insure compliance with the absolute priority obligations imposed by the Code, the holders of Class H Partnership Interests will retain such interest only if each creditor senior to it receives a 100% of their Allowed Claim, or its “new value” in the form of contributions of capital are made. To the extent any partner fails to add 100% of that partner’s pro-rata share of “new value” contribution to the Debt- or’s estate, as called for by any partner and deemed necessary or appropriate in the business judgment of the partnership as determined by at least a majority of the partnership interest for the day to day operations, or future development of the Debtor, that partner’s partnership interest shall be deemed to be zero and, all indicia of ownership cancelled. In order *959 to ensure that the plan will be implemented according to its stated terms, Debtor will request that the court, in its confirmation Order, provide that any partner is authorized to execute any document, including but not limited to notes, security agreements, leases, deeds and legal pleadings, on behalf of the partnership which are necessary for implementation of the plan. 2

During the voting period, the apparently long-volatile relationship of Donald and Charles burst into litigation. On December 27, 1991, FIT, per Donald, filed two adversary proceedings against Charles, seeking to compel him to execute security documents necessary to effectuate the terms of two previously court-approved transactions: (1) An extension of a loan from Continental Bank; and (2) A loan to fit out one of FIT’S buildings for a new tenant.

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