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Case 16-42529 Doc 23 Filed 04/13/16 Entered 04/13/16 11:20:44 Main Document <br />Pg 11 of 32 <br />recover funds from third parties); accord Comm. of Equity Sec. Holders v. Lionel Corp. (In re <br />Lionel Corp.), 722 F.2d 1063, 1070-71 (2d Cir. 1983) (requiring a "good business reason" to <br />approve a sale pursuant to section 363(b)); In re W.A. Mallory Co. Inc., 214 B.R. 834, 836 <br />(Bankr. E.D. Va. 1997) ("This Court follows the'sound business purpose' test when examining § <br />363(b) sales.") (citing WBQ P'ship v. Va. Dep't of Med. Assistance Servs. (In re WBQ P'ship), <br />189 B.R. 97, 102 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 1995)); Official Comm. Of Unsecured Creditors of LTV <br />Aerospace & Def. Co. v. LTV Corp. (In re Chateaugay Cor.), 973 F.2d 141, 143 (2d Cir. 1992) <br />(holding that the sale of property of the estate is justified if it is supported by a good business <br />reason); In re Ionosphere Clubs, Inc., 100 B.R. 670, 675 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1989) (noting that the <br />standard for determining a motion pursuant to section 363(b) of the Bankruptcy Code is "a good <br />business reason"). <br />24. Courts in this jurisdiction and others have consistently been reluctant to <br />interfere with corporate decisions unless "it is made clear that those decisions are, inter alia, <br />clearly erroneous, made arbitrarily, are in breach of the officers' and directors' fiduciary duty to <br />the corporation, are made on the basis of inadequate information or study, are made in bad faith, <br />or are in violation of the Bankruptcy Code." In re Farmland Indus., Inc., 294 B.R 855, 881 <br />(Bankr. W.D. Mo. 2003) (citing In re United Artists Theatre Co., 315 F.3d 217, 233 <br />(3d Cir. 2003), Richmond Leasing Co. v. Capital Bank, N.A., 762 F.2d 1303, 1309 <br />(5th Cir. 1985) and In re Defender Drug Stores, Inc., 145 B.R. 312, 317 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 1992)). <br />See also Crystalin, L.L.C. v. Selma Props., Inc. (In re Crystalin, L.L.C.), 293 B.R. 455, 463-64 <br />(B.A.P. 8th Cir. 2003) (holding that the business judgment rule may be satisfied "'as long as the <br />proposed action appears to enhance the debtor's estate."') (quoting Four B. Corp. v. Food Barn <br />Stores, Inc. (In re Food Barn Stores, Inc.), 107 F.3d 558, 567 n.16 (8th Cir. 1997) (emphasis in <br />-11- <br />