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Pages in category "Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1980" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The history of bankruptcy law in the United States refers primarily to a series of acts of Congress regarding the nature of bankruptcy.As the legal regime for bankruptcy in the United States developed, it moved from a system which viewed bankruptcy as a quasi-criminal act, to one focused on solving and repaying debts for people and businesses suffering heavy losses.
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Best Products – filed for bankruptcy for the second time in September 1996 [33] [34] and closed all of its stores by the following February [35] [36] Brendle's – became bankrupt and liquidated in 1996 [37] [38] Consumers Distributing – sought bankruptcy protection in 1996; Ellman's – acquired by Service Merchandise in 1985 [39] [40]
The bank's collapse coincided with the 1980s oil glut and Penn Square was the first of 139 Oklahoma banks that failed in the 1980s. The insolvency was the subject of two best-selling books and led to a two-year prison term for the bank's energy-lending chief, Bill Patterson.
The bankruptcy followed a judgement awarding Main Line Pictures $8,100,000 against her for walking away from the movie Boxing Helena. [151] The case was eventually settled for $3,800,000. [148] [151] The bankruptcy was later converted to Chapter 7. [152] [150] [149] Her assets included a large portion of the town Braselton, Georgia. [152] Fife ...
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The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", shortened to "the '80s" or "the Eighties") was the decade that began on 1 January 1980, and ended on 31 December 1989.. The decade saw a dominance of conservatism and free market economics, and a socioeconomic change due to advances in technology and a worldwide move away from planned economies and towards laissez-faire capitalism compared to the 1970s.