171079P.pdf   04/26/2018  The Official Committee of  v.  The Archdiocese of Saint Paul
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-1079
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Wollman and Loken, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Bankruptcy. After hundreds of claims under the Minnesota 
   Child Victim's Act were filed against the Archdiocese of St. Paul, it 
   filed for Chapter 11 relief. The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors 
   represents more than 400 clergy sexual abuse claimants, and after the 
   Archdiocese filed for bankruptcy, it filed a motion to substantively 
   consolidate the Archdiocese with over 200 affiliated non-profit 
   corporations, including schools, cemeteries, foundations and chaplaincies 
   (the "Targeted Entities"; the bankruptcy court did not err in denying the 
   motion for substantive consolidation as the Committee failed to plausibly 
   allege sufficient facts to negate the non-profit non-debtor status of the 
   these Targeted Entities; as a result, the Targeted Entities are entitled 
   to the protections provided under 11 U.S.C. Sec. 303(a) of the Code.