Local Rule Rule 3020-1: Chapter 11 − Confirmation of a Plan
Bankr. D. Minn. — General rule
Rule 3020-1. Chapter 11 − Confirmation of a Plan
(a) OBJECTIONS. For purposes of Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure 3020(b)(1) and 9014(a), any objection to confirmation of a chapter 11 plan need only comply with Local Rules 9006-1(b) and 9013-1(b) and (c).
(b) REPORT OF BALLOT TABULATION. Attorneys for the plan proponent and the committee of unsecured creditors must count the ballots and file a report of the tabulation not later than 24 hours before the confirmation hearing. The report must conform substantially to Local Form 3020-1.
[Effective April 15, 1997. Amended effective January 1, 2002; January 9, 2006; December 1, 2009; October 1, 2019; January 1, 2021; September 3, 2025.]
2025 Advisory Committee Notes Local Rule 3020-1 was amended to reflect current practice and to ensure consistency with Fed. R. Bankr. P. 3020. Subsection (a) was amended to make clear that for purposes of Fed. R. Bankr. P. 3020(b)(1) and 9014(a), any objection to confirmation of a chapter 11 plan need only comply with Local Rules 9006-1(b) and 9013-1(b) and (c). For example, no notice of hearing and motion is required. The confirmation hearing is the relevant hearing for purposes of the objection and no separate notice of hearing is required. With that change, subsection (a)(1) was removed. However, parties must still comply with the service requirements of Fed. R. Bankr. P. 3020(b)(1), 9014(b), and 7004, as well as Local Rules 9013-2 and 9036-1. Subsection (a)(2) was also removed as unnecessary. The court enters a scheduling order that contains a deadline for objecting to confirmation of a chapter 11 plan. The changes to subsection (b) are stylistic only; no substantive changes were intended. Local Form 3020-2 was renumbered to Local Form 3020-1 and restyled. Subsection (c) was removed in its entirety as unnecessary and to ensure consistency with Fed. R. Bankr. P. 3020(b)(3). Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 3020(b)(3) allows the court to make certain determinations without receiving evidence if no objection is filed.