In Re: Sears Holdings Corporation

7:19-cv-09140

May 07, 2024
Judge Rips 2nd Circ.'s 'Erroneous' Ruling In Sears Lease Spat

A New York federal district judge ruled that Sears Holdings Corp.'s lease for the Mall of America in Minneapolis should be returned to the bankrupt retail chain's liquidating trustee, saying that the decision gives "scant comfort" as it removed from the books "an obviously outlier ruling" by the Second Circuit.
June 10, 2020
Mall Of America Takes Sears Lease Row To 2nd Circ.

The owners of the Mall of America told a New York federal judge Wednesday that it will be asking the Second Circuit to review her determination that she lacked the authority to rule that Sears' new owners can't assume the bankrupt retailer's Mall of America lease.
May 11, 2020
NY Judge Reluctantly Voids Sears Lease Decision

A New York bankruptcy judge on Monday vacated her own ruling that the new owner of Sears Holding Corp.'s stores can't assume the retail chain's Mall of America lease, finding "with great regret" that she never had jurisdiction to hear the case.
February 28, 2020
New Sears Owner Can't Assume Mall Of America Lease

A New York federal judge has found the new owner of Sears Holding Co.'s stores can't assume the retail chain's Mall of America lease unless it can show it has something similar to Sears' financial stability at the time it first rented the space almost three decades ago.