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et al.

Summary of dispute and ruling

Amended Fourth Omnibus

Objection of the Liquidating Trustee to Modify or Disallow Certain Claims

Motion of Quality One Wireless to Enforce Sale Order

Motion of The Goldie Group, LLC, pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 1334(c)(1) and Bankruptcy Rules 5011 and 9014, for Permissive Abstention from

Quality One Wireless’ Motion To Enforce Sale Order

Motion of The Goldie Group, LLC pursuant to § 362(d)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code

and Bankruptcy Rule 4001(a) for Relief from the Automatic Stay

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nunc pro tunc

1. Debtors’ bankruptcy filing and related history

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First Amended Plan of Liquidation

2. Post-petition activity in Massachusetts state and federal court

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Quality One Wireless, LLC v. Goldie Group, LLC

Id

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3. The Trust, acting on behalf of PCD, pursuant to the Plan, and Quality One then seek relief from this Court

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prima facie

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sine die

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1. Quality One only purchased PCD’s right, title, or interest in the assets that PCD owned at the time of the closing of the sale and only assumed the liabilities related to those sold assets

Id

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Id

id.

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2. The scope and effect of the “free and clear” provisions of the Sale Order - Goldie’s affirmative defenses and counterclaims to its payment obligations

See

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Id.

Id.

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Folger Adam Security, Inc. v. DeMatteis/Macgregor,

Hispanic Indep. TV Sales, LLC v. Kaza Azteca Am. Inc.

Folger Adam Security, Inc.,

Id.

Id.

In re Lawrence United Corp.

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Id.

Hispanic Indep. TV Sales Folger Adams

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3. Quality One’s request for attorneys’ fees incurred as a result of filing the Enforcement Motion are denied.

4. This Court will permissively abstain from deciding the balance of the Enforcement Motion

See In re Exeter Holdings, Ltd.

Guretzky v. Wallace

aff’d, Wallace v. Guretzky,

see also Int’l Tobacco Partners,

Ltd. In re Horowitz,

In re Wider,

Rule or Statutory Basis.

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See Exeter

In

re Abir

.

(1) the effect on the efficient administration of the estate

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(2) the extent to which state law issues predominate over bankruptcy issues

See

Elliott v. GM LLC (In re Motors Liquidation Co.)

(3) the difficulty or unsettled nature of the applicable state law

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(4) the presence of a related proceeding commenced in state court or other non-bankruptcy court

(5) the jurisdictional basis, if any, other than 28 U.S.C. § 1334 and (7) the substance rather than the form of an asserted “core” proceeding

See Motors

Liquidation Co.

Id.

Travelers Indem. Co. v. Bailey

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See Luan Inv. S.E. v. Franklin 145 Corp. (In

re Petrie Retail, Inc.)

See

(6) the degree of relatedness or remoteness of the proceeding to the main bankruptcy case

(8) the feasibility of severing state law claims from core bankruptcy matters to allow judgments to be entered in state court with enforcement left to the bankruptcy court

(9) the burden on the Court’s docket

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(10) the likelihood that the commencement of the proceeding in a bankruptcy court involves forum shopping by one of the parties

(11) the existence of a right to a jury trial

(12) the presence in the proceeding of non-debtor parties

5. Goldie may litigate the Goldie Claim in State Court

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JC Ryan EBCO/H&G LLC v. Cyber-Struct Inc. (In re Fierro)

In re Anton

In re Sonnax Indus., Inc.

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____________________________Alan S. Trust

United States Bankruptcy JudgeDated: August 5, 2016 Central Islip, New York

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