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Failed institution claims

By Briggs, Michael
Publication: Regulatory Report
Date: Sunday, April 1 2001

Failed institution claims

In a case dating from the turbulent early 1990s, the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals recently handed the Office of Thrift Supervision a victory in a long running fight to enforce a capital commitment made by the bankrupt holding company of a failed savings association.

The court held that before a debtor holding company could seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the holding company's outstanding commitment to assume and cure a capital deficit of a failed savings association must be satisfied.

If that was impossible, the court held that Chapter 11 protection was unavailable and that the debtor would be required to proceed under the liquidation provisions of Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code.

In 1978, Overland Park Financial Corporation was incorporated for the purpose of acquiring Overland Park Savings and Loan Association. As a condition of its 1979 approval by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the parent company stipulated that it would take the necessary steps to ensure that the net worth of Overland Park Savings was always maintained at regulatorily required levels.

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