09-2311-bk In Re: Chrysler LLC et al.

1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 3 FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT 5 August Term, 2008 (Argued: June 5, 2009 Decided: January 25, 2010) 10 Docket No. 09-2311-bk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x IN RE CHRYSLER LLC, 17 Debtor.

19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x INDIANA STATE POLICE PENSION TRUST, INDIANA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT FUND, and INDIANA MAJOR MOVES CONSTRUCTION FUND, 25 Objectors-Appellants, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE OF CONSUMER-VICTIMS OF CHRYSLER LLC, 30 Objector-Apellant, WILLIAM LOVITZ, FARBOD NOURIAN, BRIAN CATALON, CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY, CONSUMER ACTION, CONSUMERS FOR AUTO RELIABILITY AND SAFETY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSUMER ADVOCATES, and PUBLIC CITIZEN, 38 Objectors-Appellants, PATRICIA PASCALE, 42 Objector-Appellant, 1 - v.- CHRYSLER LLC, aka Chrysler Aspen, aka Chrysler Town & Country, aka Chrysler 300, aka Chrysler Sebring, aka Chrysler PT Cruiser, aka Dodge, aka Dodge Avenger, aka Dodge Caliber, aka Dodge Challenger, aka Dodge Dakota, aka Dodge Durango, aka Dodge Grand Caravan, aka Dodge Journey, aka Dodge Nitro, aka Dodge Ram, aka Dodge Sprinter, aka Dodge Viper, aka Jeep, aka Jeep Commander, aka Jeep Compass, aka Jeep Grand Cherokee, aka Jeep Liberty, aka Jeep Patriot, aka Jeep Wrangler, aka Moper, aka Plymouth, aka Dodge Charger, 16 Debtors-Appellees, INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE, AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO (“UAW”), 22 Appellee, FIAT S.P.A. and NEW CARCO ACQUISITION LLC, 26 Appellees, CHRYSLER FINANCIAL SERVICES AMERICAS LLC, 30 Appellee, THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS, 34 Appellee, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 38 Appellee, EXPORT DEVELOPMENT CANADA 42 Appellee.

43 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x Before: JACOBS, Chief Judge, KEARSE and SACK, 4 Circuit Judges.

6 On remand from the Supreme Court of the United States.

9 GLENN M. KURTZ, THOMAS E. LAURIA 10 (Owen C. Pell, Karen M. Asner, 11 on the brief), White & Case LLP, 12 New York, NY for Objectors- 13 Appellants Indiana State Police 14 Pension Trust et al.

16 NANCY WINKELMAN, (M. Christine 17 Carty, Barry E. Bressler, 18 Richard A. Barkasy, on the 19 brief) Schnader Harrison Segal & 20 Lewis LLP, New York, NY and 21 Philadelphia, PA for Objector- 22 Appellant The Ad Hoc Committee 23 of Consumer-Victims of Chrysler 24 LLC 26 ADINA H. ROSENBAUM, (Allison M.

27 Zieve, on the brief), Public 28 Citizen Litigation Group, 29 Washington, D.C., and Elizabeth 30 J. Cabraser (Robert J. Nelson, 31 Scott P. Nealey, on the brief) 32 Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & 33 Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, 34 CA, and Harley E. Riedel (Edward 35 J. Peterson, on the brief) 36 Stichter, Riedel, Blain & 37 Prosser, P.A., Tampa, FL for 38 Objectors-Appellants William 39 Lovitz et al.

41 SANDER L. ESSERMAN (Robert T.

42 Brousseau, Jo E. Hartwick, Cliff 43 I. Taylor, on the brief) 44 Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka, PC, Dallas, TX, and Alan R. Brayton (Christina Skubic, on the brief) Brayton Purcell LLP, Novato, CA for Objector- Appellant Patricia Pascale THOMAS F. CULLEN, (Corinne Ball, Steven C. Bennett, Todd R. Geremia, Veerle Roovers, on the brief), Jones Day, New York, NY and Washington, D.C., for Debtors-Appellees Chrysler LLC et al.

15 DEBORAH M. BUELL, (James L.

16 Bromley, Luke A. Barefoot, Kimberly C. Spiering, James Croft, on the brief), Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY, for Appellee International Union of United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Workers of America STEVEN L. HOLLEY (John L.

26 Warden, Laurent S. Wiesel, on the brief) Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for Appellees Fiat S.p.A. and New CarCo Acquisition LLC MARTIN J. BIENENSTOCK (Judy G.Z.

33 Liu, on the brief) Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, New York, NY for Appellee Chrysler Financial Services Americas LLC KENNETH H. ECKSTEIN, (Jeffrey S.

39 Trachtman, Thomas Moers Mayer, on the brief) Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY for Appellee The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors 1 JEANNETTE A. VARGAS, Assistant 2 United States Attorney, (Tara 3 LaMorte, Li Yu, David S. Jones, 4 on the brief) for Lev L. Dassin, 5 Acting United States Attorney 6 for the Southern District of New 7 York, New York, NY, and JOHN 8 RAPISARDI, Of Counsel to the 9 Presidential Task Force on the 10 Auto Industry, Cadwalader, 11 Wickersham & Taft LLP, New York, 12 NY for Appellee United States of 13 America 15 MICHAEL J. EDELMAN, Vedder Price 16 P.C., New York, NY for Appellee 17 Export Development Canada 19 JOAN PILVER, Assistant Attorney 20 General, (Matthew F.

21 Fitzsimmons, on the brief) for 22 Richard Blumenthal, Attorney 23 General of the State of 24 Connecticut, Hartford, CT for 25 Amicus Curiae State of 26 Connecticut 28 ROGER NETZER, (Lisa D. Bentley, 29 Emma-Ann Deacon, on the brief) 30 Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, 31 New York, NY, and Robert G.

32 Zack, Chief Legal Officer, 33 Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate 34 Fund and Oppenheimer Master Loan 35 Fund, LLC, New York, NY for 36 Amici Curiae Oppenheimer Senior 37 Floating Rate Fund and 38 Oppenheimer Master Loan 39 Fund, LLC PER CURIAM: 43 The Supreme Court of the United States vacated the judgment of this court, recorded at In re Chrysler LLC, 576 2 F.3d 108 (2d Cir. 2009), and remanded “with instructions to dismiss the appeal as moot.” Ind. State Police Pension Trust, et al., v. Chrysler LLC, et al., --- S. Ct. ---, 2009 5 WL 2844364, at *1 (Dec. 14, 2009). Accordingly, the judgment of this court is vacated and this appeal is dismissed as moot.