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Novell Makes a Move -- Motion for Constructive Trust and Payment Now - Updated 2Xs, as text |
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Wednesday, October 29 2008 @ 05:14 PM EDT
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Here we go. Novell has filed a motion asking the bankruptcy court to confirm the constructive trust amount and order SCO to pay it now:
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Filed & Entered: 10/29/2008
Motion to Approve (B)
Docket Text: Motion to Approve Order Confirming Constructive Trust and Directing the Debtors to Pay Funds to Novell Filed by Novell, Inc.. Hearing scheduled for 11/20/2008 at 09:30 AM at US Bankruptcy Court, 824 Market St., 6th Fl., Courtroom #3, Wilmington, Delaware. Objections due by 11/13/2008. (Attachments: # (1) Notice # (2) Exhibit A# (3) Exhibit B# (4) Proposed Form of Order) (Poppiti, Jr., Robert) The parties have agreed on the amount to put in the constructive trust, Novell reminds the court, $625,486.90, "based on an uncontested reading of trust tracing law and SCO's relevant daily balance information" regarding the Sun SVRX royalties that the court concluded were Novell's from that deal, $2,547,817. What they don't agree on is when SCO should pay it.
SCO wants to pay only after all the appeals are done; Novell wants payment now. And, considering that this is money that has always been Novell's, not a debt, Novell says, since SCO held it as a fiduciary on behalf of Novell, it wants its money. It's not SCO's to use. For that matter, the bankruptcy court has no jurisdiction over property not part of the estate, so it has no grounds to permit SCO to keep this money. The trust funds are not part of SCO's estate. It has no right to use it, and if it did use it, how would it ever replace it, Novell asks, "given its limited present and prospective resources"? Maybe Novell has noticed that SCO is filing monthly operating reports listing money due to Novell as a prepetition liability, which puts it mighty low on the priority list of things to be paid? It definitely noticed the recent IPO class action lift-stay agreement. On page 7, Novell says this in footnote 2:
2 Even if SCO somehow could have made a theoretical case for being able to use the Trust Funds pending further proceedings with Novell, it cannot make a convincing argument for doing so in the present circumstances. Having recently stipulated to stay relief to allow the IPO Plaintiffs to prosecute their claims against SCO ( see Motion for Approval of Stipulation for Relief from Automatic Stay with Respect to IPO Plaintiffs), SCO has voluntarily agreed to begin absorbing the cost of defending itself in that litigation. If SCO has money enough to agree to begin paying its legal fees in that case, then paying Novell the Trust Funds will not compromise its financial condition, either.
There are two declarations attached. One is by David Melaugh [PDF], which includes as exhibits the July 16, 2008 Utah Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order and the then beginning on page 46 of the PDF some correspondence between Melaugh and Mauricio Gonzalez of Boies Schiller, these two being the lawyers who negotiated the constructive trust issues after the trial, apparently not always altogether cordially.
It probably means nothing at all, but I can't help but notice that the tracing work excluded what Gonzalez calls "non-trust accounts" which included "those of SCO's numerous foreign subsidiaries at the time." The other declaration is by Adam Lewis [PDF] and it presents the court with SCO's 10Q for the quarterly period ended July 31, 2008, which you can also read here.
If anyone could OCR the motion, I'd appreciate it.
Update: Thanks to Steve Martin, we have the motion as text. Thank you.
Update 2: Bloomberg is reporting that an agreement in the IPO case is near: Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse Group are among dozens of financial firms nearing a settlement of more than 300 lawsuits accusing them of rigging initial public offerings during the boom in technology stocks a decade ago.
The settlement, in the final stages of negotiations, is likely to be for less than $700 million, according to two people familiar with ongoing talks. That's less than a quarter of what a plaintiffs' attorney said the banks proposed at one point, and a fraction of the $12.5 billion originally sought by investor lawyers after the collapse of the bubble in technology stocks. More details from Law.com:
We know a settlement is likely because Joel Haims, a partner at Morrison & Foerster, one of many Am Law 100 firms on either side of the case, submitted a letter asking a federal judge in Manhattan to delay hearings until January so the parties can finalize a settlement, according to Bloomberg.
Judge Shira Scheindlin of U.S. District Court in Manhattan granted the delay, court papers show.
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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
In re:
The SCO Group, Inc., et al,
Debtor(s). |
Chapter 11
Case No. 07-11337 (KG)
(Jointly Administered) |
Objection Deadline: November 13, 2008 at 4:00
p.m. (prevailing Eastern time)
Hearing: November 20, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. (prevailing Eastern
time)
NOVELL'S MOTION FOR ENTRY OF ORDER CONFIRMING
CONSTRUCTIVE
TRUST AND DIRECTING THE DEBTORS TO PAY FUNDS TO
NOVELL
Novell, Inc. hereby moves the Court to (i) confirm the parties'
agreement on the amount of funds that debtors and debtors in
possession The SCO Group, Inc., and SCO Operations, Inc. (together,
"SCO") hold in trust for Novell and (ii) order SCO to pay those
funds to Novell now.
I. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
1. In granting Novell stay relief last November to liquidate its
claims against SCO in United States District Court for the District
of Utah (the "District Court"), this Court reserved certain issues
arising from Novell's claim to a constructive trust. The Court's
rationale was that these issues affected whether certain funds were
property of the SCO bankruptcy estates under Bankruptcy Code
section 541, a subject the Court noted is squarely within the
Court's core jurisdiction.
2. In April and May of this year, the District Court conducted a
bench trial, issuing an opinion in July. The parties subsequently
met and conferred and have agreed that, in light of the District
Court's orders and the application of agreed-upon principles of
trust tracing, it is appropriate to establish a trust in Novell's
favor in the amount of $625,486.90. Novell therefore seeks
confirmation of that agreement by this Court and the imposition of
a constructive trust in that amount.
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3. Though the parties have agreed on the appropriate amount of a
constructive trust, they disagree on when to transfer possession of
the trust funds to Novell. Novell requests payment now; SCO wants
payment suspended until some future date, after appeals of the
District Court's orders have been resolved. Novell submits that
because the money in question belongs (and has always belonged) to
Novell, not SCO, payment is now appropriate, a step, moreover, that
also will not harm SCO.
II. BACKGROUND
A. Prepetition Events
4. Before filing these chapter 11 cases, SCO was involved in
litigation against various parties, including Novell, involving
SCO's claims that the other parties were interfering with SCO's
alleged ownership of certain software copyrights. (See
Memorandum Opinion (filed herein November 27, 2007) (the "Opinion")
1-2.)
5. On August 27, 2007, Novell won important rulings against SCO
on summary judgment in the District Court. (Opinion 3-4.) That left
only Novell's counterclaims against SCO to try. (Opinion 4.) The
District Court held that a constructive trust "was an appropriate
remedy" but could not quantify the amount of the trust based on the
summary judgment record and left that quantification for later
determination. (Affidavit of Greg Jones [etc.] (filed October 4,
2008, Docket No. 91, Ex. B (District Court Opinion) at 98
("Although the court finds that Novell meets the requirements for
the imposition of a constructive trust, the question of fact as to
the SVRX portion of the 2003 Sun and Microsoft Agreements precludes
the court from imposing a trust for the appropriate
amounts.").)
6. The trial on the residual issues left by the summary judgment
was set for September 14, 2007, a Monday. (Opinion 4.) having all
but lost its litigation with Novell, the Debtors filed their
voluntary chapter 11 petitions before this Court on September 11,
2007, the preceding Friday. The filing stayed the District Court
litigation.
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B. Partial Stay Relief for Novell and Issues Reserved by this
Court
7. On October 4, 2007, Novell moved for stay relief to try the
remaining issues in the District Court litigation. SCO opposed
Novell's request. (See Novell, Inc.'s Motion for Relief from
Automatic Stay [etc.] (filed October 4, 2007)(Docket No. 89) (the
"Novell Stay Motion"); Debtors' Memorandum of Law in Response to
Novell, Inc.'s Motion for Relief From Automatic Stay [etc.] (filed
October 23, 2007) (Docket No. 150).) The Court granted the Novell
Stay Motion, but reserved for itself issues concerning the
imposition of a constructive trust. (Opinion 9-10; Order Granting
Novell's Motion for Relief from the Automatic Stay to Proceed with
the Lawsuit (filed November 27, 2007; Docket No. 233) (the "Stay
Relief Order").)
C. The District Court Trial, Ruling, and Aftermath
8. With the stay lifted, the District Court trial occurred in
late April - early May, 2008. On July 16, 2008, the District Court
issued its Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order ("Trial
Order"). (Declaration of David E. Melaugh in Support of Novell's
Motion for Entry of Order Confirming Constructive Trust and
Directing the Debtors to Pay Funds to Novell (Melaugh Decl."),
¶ 4, Ex. A.) In its Trial Order, the District Court found
that:
- SCO owes Novell a fiduciary duty to collect, account for, hold
in trust, and remit to Novell all "SVRX Royalties." (Trial Order at
5.)
- SCO entered into a license with Sun Microsystems in February
2003, pursuant to which SCO collected royalties. (Id. at
17.)
- $2,547,817 of the Sun royalties SCO collected were SVRX
Royalties.(Id. at 42.)
- SCO's failure to account for and remit those SVRX Royalties was
a breach of its fiduciary duties to Novell, a conversion, and an
unjust enrichment. (Id. at 37-39.)
9. In the wake of the Trial Order, the parties reached an
agreement that, based on an uncontested reading of trust tracing
law and SCO's relevant daily balance information, the appropriate
amount of a constructive trust is $625,486.90 ("Trust Funds").
(Melaugh Decl., ¶ 5.) SCO subsequently reported this agreement
in July 2008 quarterly securities filings. (Declaration
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of Adam A. Lewis in Support of Novell's Motion for Entry of
Order Confirming Constructive Trust and Directing the Debtors to
Pay Funds to Novell, ¶ 4, Ex. A (excerpts from SCO's July 31,
2008 Form 10-Q).)
10. The parties could not agree, however, on whether the Court
now should order transfer of possession of the Trust Funds to
Novell. (Melaugh Decl., ¶ 6.) SCO wants to postpone payment of
the Trust Funds, while Novell believes they should be paid without
further delay. (Id.)
III. RELIEF REQUESTED
11. Novell now asks the Court to (i) confirm the parties'
agreement regarding the amount of the Trust Funds and (ii) order
SCO to pay the Trust Funds to Novell forthwith since they are
Novell's property, not SCO's, property that SCO has no legitimate
claim to use.
IV. THIS COURT'S ORDER REGARDING THE TRUST FUNDS WILL BE A
FINAL ORDER READY FOR ENFORCEMENT
12. There appears to be no dispute that this Court should enter
an order imposing a constructive trust in the amount of
$625,486.90. Such an order will be a final order leaving nothing
further for this Court to decide. With nothing left for the Court
to determine on the constructive trust, there is no procedural
reason why the Court should not also order SCO to transfer the
Trust Funds to Novell.
A. Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction Over What Is Estate
Property
13. Code section 541(a) creates a bankruptcy estate consisting
of the debtors' prepetition property interests of all kinds.
However, under Code section 541(d), the estate does not include
property held in trust for another, including property held in
constructive trust. E.g., In re Flanagan, 503 F.3d 170,
180-82 (2d Cir. 2007); In re Coupon Clearing Service, Inc.,
113 F.3d 1091, 1099 (9th Cir. 1997).
14. Whether property is estate property is a matter committed to
the bankruptcy court to decide and on which the bankruptcy court
may issue a final order. See 28 U.S.C. §§
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157(b)(1) (permitting bankruptcy courts to "hear and determine
... core proceedings"), (b)(2)(A) (including in core matters
proceedings concerning "administration of the estate"); 28 U.S.C.
§ 1334(e)(1) (bankruptcy court has exclusive jurisdiction over
all estate property); Pension Benefit Guar. Corp. v. Continental
Airlines, Inc. (In re Continental Airlines, Inc.), 138 B.R.
442, 445 (Bankr. D. Del. 1992); Verit Hotel & Leisure
(Int'l) Ltd. v. Carway, 240 B.R. 771, 775 (D. Az. 1999)
(affirming bankruptcy court's determination that bankruptcy trustee
held constructive trust over stock held by foreign corporation,
stock being part of bankruptcy estate).
15. The bankruptcy court's determination regarding whether there
is a constructive trust held by a debtor in favor of a third party
is a proceeding regarding whether the property is estate property.
See In re Flanagan, 503 F.3d at 181-82; In re Coupon
Clearing Serv., Inc., 113 F.3d 1091 at 1099 (9th Cir. 1997).
The question of whether a debtor holds property in trust for
another is one of state law, with the estate having no greater
rights than the debtor had prepetition. In re Coupon Clearing
Service, Inc., 113 F.3d 1091, 1099 (9th Cir. 1997). A
constructive trust need not have been judicially determined
prepetition to exist in order for the trust corpus to be excluded
from the estate, nor does the Code's policy of ratable distribution
to creditors trump a particular party's rights under a constructive
trust. Mullins v. Burtch (In re Paul J. Paradise & Assoc.,
Inc.), 249 B.R. 360, 370-71 (D. Del. 2000).
B. An Order Confirming the Constructive Trust Agreement Will
Be A Final Order Leaving the Court Nothing Further to Determine
Before Enforcement
16. A bankruptcy court order is a final, appealable order under
28 U.S.C. section 158(a)(1) if it resolves a discrete issue between
the parties, leaving only for the Court to execute the judgment it
has just rendered. Camacho v. Doral Fin. Corp. (In re
Camacho), 361 B.R. 294, 298-99 (B.A.P.) 1st Cir. 2007);
B-Line, LLC v. Kirkland (In re Kirkland), 379 B.R. 341, 343
(B.A.P. 10th Cir. 2007) (nothing left for court to do but execute
judgment); see also, e.g., Rivera v. Miranda, 376 B.R. 382,
384-85 (D.P.R. 2007) (resolution of discrete issue). A ruling by
the bankruptcy court finding or denying the existence of a
constructive trust that ends a dispute is a final order. See,
e.g., In re Coupon Clearing Serv., Inc., 113 F.3d at 1098-99
(appeal of
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summary judgment finding whether proceeds of coupons were
property of estate to which lien could attach or subject to
constructive trust); Mullins v. Burtch, supra (court
determines trustee's strong-arm power applying state law rights of
bona fide purchaser superior to constructive trust).
17. That is the case here. There is a discrete matter before
this Court as a result of the Court's Stay Relief Order:
determination of the balance of the constructive trust issue. If
the Court approves the parties' constructive trust agreement, there
is nothing further for this Court to do to decide the constructive
trust issue. Rather, all that is left is for the parties to abide
by the Court's judgment.
18. That being so, there is no reason for the Court to postpone
transfer of the Trust Funds to Novell. Indeed, there is additional
reason for the inclusion of that remedy in the Court's order.
Although the bankruptcy courts have jurisdiction over SCO,
jurisdiction to determine what is estate property and exclusive
jurisdiction over estate property, they have no jurisdiction over
property that is not property of the estate. E.g., Rutherford
Hosp. v. RNH Pshp., 168 F.3d 693, 699 (4th Cir. 1999) ("a
bankruptcy court's jurisdiction does not extend to property that is
not part of a debtor's estate"); In re McClellan, 99 F.3d
1420, 1422 (7th Cir. 1996) ("Bankruptcy courts do not have subject
matter jurisdiction and cannot administer property excluded from or
outside the bankruptcy estate."). Since under Code section 541(d)
the Trust Funds are not estate property over which the Court has
jurisdiction, there are no grounds for the Court to permit SCO to
retain those funds a moment longer under the aegis of the Court's
protective jurisdiction.
19. Not only does SCO lack any claim to the Trust Funds or their
use, but also it will suffer no harm if ordered to pay the them to
Novell now. It cannot use the funds in the meantime — it
holds them in trust for Novell.1 Nor is there any indication that SCO would
be unable to recover the Trust Funds from Novell some time hence
should SCO succeed in having the underlying rulings by the District
Court overturned on appeal. There is therefore no reason for
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SCO to retain possession of the Trust Funds other than to deny
them to Novell. That kind of punitive intransigence is no reason
for a court of equity to deny a rightful owner its
property.2
20. SCO may argue that Novell should have brought this motion as
a complaint to commence an adversary proceeding under Fed. R.
Bankr. P. 7001(a). However, even the full scope of the issues this
Court reserved to itself would not have to been brought under Rule
7001(a). Rather, following the District Court's decisions, the
remaining issues would have been far narrower than the full panoply
of issues a typical Rule 7001(a) proceeding to recover money or
property ordinarily would entail. Indeed, the reality is that this
motion is an offshoot of litigation in the District Court that
would have been an adversary proceeding if initially brought in
this Court. There is no purpose in requiring this narrow residual
aspect of the litigation be converted into an adversary proceeding
when the issues eventuating it arose and were decided in the
context of the District Court equivalent of an adversary
proceeding. Providing both parties the procedural benefits and
protections that the adversary proceeding requirement was designed
to foster serves no purpose in the present circumstances. Indeed,
this motion is, in essence, the analogue of a motion in a pending
adversary proceeding.
21. Accordingly, if the Court approves the Constructive Trust
Agreement, it should also order SCO to transfer the Trust Funds to
Novell's rightful possession without delay.
V. CONCLUSION
This Court expressly reserved issues concerning the imposition
of a constructive trust as coming within its jurisdiction. On those
issues, the Court is empowered to make a binding final
determination. Subject to the Court's approval, the parties have
reached an agreement regarding
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the funds SCO holds in trust in light of the District Court's
rulings. Novell asks the Court to confirm the parties' trust fund
agreement and order SCO to pay the Trust Funds to Novell.
Dated: October 29, 2008
Wilmington, Delaware
YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP
(signature)
James L. Patton (No. 2202)
Michael R. Nestor (No. 3526)
Sean T. Greecher (No. 4484)
Robert F. Poppiti, Jr. (No. 5052)
[address]
[phone]
-- and --
MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
Adam A. Lewis
[address]
[phone]
-- and --
MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
Larren M. Nashelsky
[address]
[phone]
Counsel for Novell, Inc. and SUSE Linux GmbH
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And how would SCO replace the Trust Funds if it did spend them
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Even if SCO somehow could have made a theoretical case for
being able to use the Trust Funds pending further proceedings with
Novell, it cannot make a convincing argument for doing so in the
present circumstances. Having recently stipulated to stay relief to
allow the IPO Plaintiffs to prosecute their claims against SCO
(See Motion for Approval of Stipulation for Relief from
Automatic Stay with Respect to IPO Plaintiffs), SCO has voluntarily
agreed to begin absorbing the cost of defending itself in that
litigation. If SCO has money enough to agree to begin paying its
legal fees in that case, then paying Novell the Trust Funds will
not compromise its financial condition, either. |
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Authored by: overshoot on Wednesday, October 29 2008 @ 05:31 PM EDT |
Aren't those instructions nice?
And a descriptive "Title" is also handy.[ Reply to This | # ]
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Authored by: overshoot on Wednesday, October 29 2008 @ 05:34 PM EDT |
Please describe the nature of the correction in the "Title:" [ Reply to This | # ]
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Authored by: overshoot on Wednesday, October 29 2008 @ 05:35 PM EDT |
There are a lot of them, aren't there? Maybe it would be good to
indicate which one in the post title. [ Reply to This | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 29 2008 @ 05:38 PM EDT |
The bankruptcy court has been very generous to SCO so far. But this is where the
rubber hits the road. I wonder when Judge Gross will rule on this. Very
interesting moment indeed.[ Reply to This | # ]
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Authored by: rsteinmetz70112 on Wednesday, October 29 2008 @ 05:41 PM EDT |
"It's our money we stole it fair and square."
I can't wait to see the response.
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Rsteinmetz - IANAL therefore my opinions are illegal.
"I could be wrong now, but I don't think so."
Randy Newman - The Title Theme from Monk
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 29 2008 @ 06:14 PM EDT |
There are just too many occurances of "SCO" and "trust"
together in the same sentence. My mind and body refuse to recognize any joining
of those two words as legitimate.[ Reply to This | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 29 2008 @ 06:25 PM EDT |
Novell will appeal to the District Court, then whoever loses there
appeals to the 3rd Circuit. Wonder how long it will take.
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Authored by: brindafella on Wednesday, October 29 2008 @ 07:06 PM EDT |
What will be the novel response from SCO? Certainly some more fiction; mixed in
with pathos, sustained by wit? Let's hope that Novell's lawyers have a sense of
humour. Do you think that there's any chance that Novell's senior leadership has
a laugh about this?[ Reply to This | # ]
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Authored by: Steve Martin on Wednesday, October 29 2008 @ 07:56 PM EDT |
PJ, I'm working on the HTML now. Hope to have it shortly.
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"When I say something, I put my name next to it." -- Isaac Jaffe, "Sports Night"[ Reply to This | # ]
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- OCR - Authored by: PJ on Wednesday, October 29 2008 @ 07:59 PM EDT
- OCR - Authored by: Steve Martin on Wednesday, October 29 2008 @ 08:33 PM EDT
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 29 2008 @ 10:46 PM EDT |
<blockquote>It's not SCO's to use. For that matter, the bankruptcy court
has no jurisdiction over property not part of the estate, so it has no grounds
to permit SCO to keep this money.</blockquote> <p>
If the bankruptcy court has no jurisdiction over property that is not part of
the estate, is it really the Judge Gross's place to order SCO to pay now, or
ever? <p>
I'm not an SCO fan but, when I read that sentence it was the first question that
came to my mind. [ Reply to This | # ]
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Authored by: Ian Al on Thursday, October 30 2008 @ 05:51 AM EDT |
I've been wondering why Novell had waited so long. A little while ago I mused as
follows, It seems to me that Spector has had the cram-down plan in
mind for some time. If he can maintain that the IPO claimants have settled at no
cost to SCOG, that IBM and Redhat should be estimated at a low sum, that
Autozone should bring in a few million in SCOSource revenue thus covering the
Novell conversion, he has cleared most of the hurdles.
I wonder if
this fits. SCOG knew that there was not going to be any pipe fairies with
bulging money clips to tide them over until the big Reorganisation and rolling
landscapes of money. They moved quickly on their only court case with even an
outside chance of winning dosh in time to save the day; Autozone. And yet, they
are still turning the engine over and there is no sign of it firing into
life.
Novell know that this motion will take a couple of months to come to
anything. However, the amount of traced money is stipulated so Judge Gross will
not fret about the sum. Did Novell wait until the SCOG finances meant that
taking the conversion money out of the equation meant sudden death to SCOG? Did
they wait until the IPO claimants settlement that Spector needed to progress
with the cram-down also gave them a compelling argument for putting the money in
a constructive trust?
Judge Gross will have come to the conclusion that SCOG
will never get a lesser conversion verdict at the appeal (if any). However, he
will not hand the money over to Novell until the Utah case is final and there is
no prospect of an appeal. On the other hand, he assured Novell at the beginning
of the bankruptcy that he would ensure that SCOG continued to observe their
fiduciary responsibilities to Novell. He cannot allow SCOG to make use of the
traced converted funds or any other funds that are Novell's under that duty. If
he does, then Novell take it to a higher court (I'm not sure which that is. I
seem to remember that it goes to a federal court). He must put the traced funds
into a constructive trust. Furthermore, he must also add any further funds that
are Novell's from the ongoing SVrX contracts.
So, by delaying, have Novell
got SCOG over a barrel and Judge Gross in an armlock? I'm going to re-read the
motion to see if I can detect Novell reminding Judge Gross about is promises of
observation of ongoing fiduciary responsibility --- Regards
Ian Al
Linux: Viri can't hear you in free space. [ Reply to This | # ]
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Authored by: spodula on Thursday, October 30 2008 @ 07:22 AM EDT |
This is what UK Companies house (http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/) has to say:
Date of Incorporation: 13/10/1986
Status: Liquidation
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)): 7220 - Software consultancy & supply
Previous Names:
Date of change Previous Name
12/06/2001 SANTA CRUZ OPERATION LIMITED(THE)
25/11/1986 HACKREMCO (NO.294) LIMITED
30/08/2002 CALDERA EUROPE LIMITED
The direct link is:
http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/8fceeb0b1ce594fd6194bf1c616914d4/compdetails[ Reply to This | # ]
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Authored by: Henning Makholm on Thursday, October 30 2008 @ 08:38 AM EDT |
I may be missing something, but how did the $2,547,817 suddenly become
$625,486.90?[ Reply to This | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, October 30 2008 @ 11:42 AM EDT |
Novell has one hope in this case and that is to try to drive SCO out of money
and business before they ever go to the appeals court. It's blatantly obvious
and Judge Gross knows it and has caught on to their shenanigans. In the last
court appearance, Judge Gross took the unusual step of chastising Novell's
lawyers for encouraging him to "let the chips fall where they may."
He gave them a 101 lesson on BK court and its role is to do exactly the
opposite. To create order out of chaos. Novell is in desperate straights
because they know that there is a very good chance that Kimball's Aug 10 ruling
will be overturned. I'm not a big fan of Novell. I used to work there and it
was horrible. Terrible management. Friends are dropping like flies there right
now as they are quietly doing a significant reduction in force. I hope they
die.
My bet is that Gross will deny Novell's motion.[ Reply to This | # ]
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