Case number: 2:24-bk-21743 - Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel LLC - Wisconsin Eastern Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel LLC

  • Court

    Wisconsin Eastern (wiebke)

  • Chapter

    11

  • Judge

    G. Michael Halfenger

  • Filed

    04/09/2024

  • Last Filing

    02/21/2025

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

Docket Header
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U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Eastern District of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 24-21743-gmh

Assigned to: G. Michael Halfenger
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  04/09/2024
341 meeting:  05/08/2024
Deadline for filing claims:  06/21/2024
Deadline for objecting to discharge:  07/08/2024

Debtor In Possession

Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel LLC

731 North Jackson Street, Suite 420
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Tax ID / EIN: 45-2686995

represented by
Claire Ann Richman

Richman & Richman LLC
122 W. Washington Ave.
Suite 850
Madison, WI 53703
608-630-8990
Fax : 608-630-8991
Email: crichman@randr.law

Eliza M. Reyes

Richman & Richman LLC
122 W. Washington Ave.
Suite 850
Madison, WI 53703
608-630-8990
Fax : 608-630-8991
Email: ereyes@randr.law

Michael P Richman

Richman & Richman LLC
122 W. Washington Ave., Suite 850
Madison, WI 53703
608-709-5998
Fax : 608-630-8991
Email: mrichman@randr.law

U.S. Trustee

Office of the U. S. Trustee

517 East Wisconsin Ave.
Room 430
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-297-4499
represented by
Dillon J. Ambrose

DOJ
517 East Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 430
Milwaukee, WI 53202
202-702-8738
Email: dillon.j.ambrose@usdoj.gov

Laura D. Steele

Office of the U.S. Trustee
517 E. Wisconsin Ave. #430
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-297-4499
Fax : 414-297-4478
Email: Laura.Steele@usdoj.gov

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
02/14/2025404
Order:
White Lodging Services Corp. moved for "the entry of an Order authorizing the use of Debtor's Cash Collateral to pay certain bonus payments to Debtor's employees as set forth in the Cash Collateral Order". ECF No. 389, at 4. It cites no authority for this request other than the court's May 2, 2024 order (ECF No. 87) authorizing the debtor-in-possession to use cash collateral pursuant to 11 U.S.C. sec. 363. The debtor and its principal lenders have timely objected. Among other things, they point out that the cash collateral order authorizes the debtor to use the lenders' cash collateral, but the order does not require the debtor to spend funds (on bonuses or otherwise). And, although non-debtor White Lodging casts its request as seeking an order to use cash collateral to pay employees, section 363 and the order this court issued pursuant to it govern the debtor's use of estate property, not White Lodging's use. What is more, the motion does not explain why the court should divest the debtor of the decision to pay the "certain bonus[es]," subject to enforcement of whatever remedies might be pursued against the debtor for nonpayment.

Therefore,

1.Unless White Lodging files a reply to all timely filed objections to its motion on or before

5:00 p.m. February 19, 2025,
the court will deny its motion without a hearing for the reasons stated in the first paragraph of this order.

2.If White Lodging timely files a reply addressing the objectors' arguments and the observations of this order, the court will hear the motion in connection with the case management conference at 3:00 p.m. February 20, 2025, by telephone. To appear by telephone at the February 20 hearing, parties must call the court conference line at 1-669-254-5252, and enter Meeting ID 161 2029 1132 and Passcode 600430 before the scheduled hearing time.

s/ G. Michael Halfenger
Chief Bankruptcy Judge

(RE: 389 Motion to use Cash Collateral to Make Payments Per Cash Collateral Order). (Halfenger, G.) Modified on 2/14/2025 (Halfenger, G.). Modified on 2/14/2025 (Halfenger, G.). (Entered: 02/14/2025)

02/14/2025403Receipt of Motion for Relief From Automatic Stay( 24-21743-gmh) [motion,mrlfsty] ( 199.00) Filing Fee. Receipt number A23351716. Fee amount 199.00 (re: Doc # 402) . (U.S. Treasury) (Entered: 02/14/2025)
02/14/2025402Motion for Relief from Stay as to WARN Act Notice to Employees. with Notice of Motion and Certificate of Service filed by Amy Daleo of Cohon Raizes & Regal LLP on behalf of Creditor White Lodging Management Corp.. Objections due by 2/28/2025. (Daleo, Amy) (Entered: 02/14/2025)
02/14/2025401Objection Filed by Debtor In Possession Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel LLC / Debtor's Objection to Motion of White Lodging Services Corporation for Authority to Use Cash Collateral to Pay Bonuses (Re: 389 Motion to use Cash Collateral to Make Payments Per Cash Collateral Order filed by Creditor White Lodging Management Corp.) (Richman, Michael) (Entered: 02/14/2025)
02/14/2025400Objection Filed by Creditor Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel Funding LLC (Re: 389 Motion to use Cash Collateral to Make Payments Per Cash Collateral Order filed by Creditor White Lodging Management Corp.) (DiCastri, Frank) (Entered: 02/14/2025)
02/13/2025399BNC Certificate of Mailing - PDF Document (RE: 398 Order on Stipulation). Notice Date 02/13/2025. (Admin.) (Entered: 02/13/2025)
02/11/2025398Order Extending Deadline to Respond to Debtor's Objection to Claim (RE: 395 Stipulation). (amg, Deputy Clerk) (Signed: 02/10/2025) (Entered: 02/11/2025)
02/10/2025397Correspondence / January 2025 Fee Statement of Richman & Richman LLC as Counsel to Debtor filed by Michael P Richman on behalf of Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel LLC. (RE: 147 Order on Motion Re: Chapter 11 Motions). (Richman, Michael) (Entered: 02/10/2025)
02/10/2025396Proposed Order Extending Time to Respond to Claim Objection (Agreed to by the Parties) RE: 395 - Stipulation filed by Attorney Frank W. DiCastri of Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel Funding LLC. (DiCastri, Frank) (Entered: 02/10/2025)
02/10/2025395Stipulation By Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel Funding LLC and Debtor Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel LLC filed by Frank W. DiCastri on behalf of Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel Funding LLC. (RE: 357 Court Minutes and Order (Chambers)). With no objection from the case trustee. (DiCastri, Frank) (Entered: 02/10/2025)