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Case 16-42529 Doc 28 Filed 04/13/16 Entered 04/13/16 11:32:40 Main Document <br />Pg 17 of 31 <br />11 U.S.C. § 105(a). The purpose of section 105 of the Bankruptcy Code is to ensure the <br />bankruptcy court has the power to take whatever action "is appropriate or necessary in aid of the <br />exercise of [its] jurisdiction." 2 Collier on Bankruptcy ¶ 105.01 (Alan N. Resnick & Henry J. <br />Sommer eds., 16th ed. 2015). "Under [section 105 of the Bankruptcy Code,] the court can <br />permit pre -plan payment of a pre-petition obligation when essential to the continued operation of <br />the debtor." In re NVR L.P., 147 B.R. 126, 127 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 1992) (citing In re Ionosphere <br />Clubs, Inc., 98 B.R. 174, 177 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1989)). <br />34. Under the "doctrine of necessity," courts allow the immediate payment of <br />prepetition claims where such payment is essential to the debtor's continued operations. <br />See In re Wehrenberg, Inc., 260 B.R. 468, 469 (Bankr. E.D. Mo. 2001) ("Pursuant to <br />11 U.S.C. § 105(a) the Court may authorize the payment of prepetition claims when such <br />payments are necessary to the continued operation of the Debtor."); In re United Am., Inc. <br />327 B.R. 776, 782 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2005) (acknowledging the existence of the doctrine of <br />necessity "because otherwise there will be no reorganization and no creditor will have an <br />opportunity to recoup any part of its pre-petition claim"); accord In re Boston & Me. Corp., <br />634 F.2d 1359, 1382 (1 st Cir. 1980) (recognizing the existence of a judicial power to authorize <br />trustees to pay claims for goods and services that are indispensably necessary to the debtors' <br />continued operation). <br />35. The Debtors' ability to pay Essential Supplier Claims, in the Debtors' discretion, is <br />critical to the ongoing operation of their businesses, as discussed above, and, therefore, necessary <br />to their successful reorganization. The specific rationale for considering each category of <br />suppliers and service providers as essential is set forth in detail above. In the case of nearly all of <br />-17- <br />