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Case 16-42529 Doc 28 Filed 04/13/16 Entered 04/13/16 11:32:40 Main Document <br />Pg 22 of 31 <br />also City of Covington v. Covington Landing Ltd. P'ship, 71 F.3d 1221, 1226 (6th Cir. 1995) <br />("[Section 365] provides a means whereby a debtor can force others to continue to do business <br />with it when the bankruptcy filing might otherwise make them reluctant to do so ... thus ... <br />making the debtor's rehabilitation more likely.") (quoting Richmond Leasing Co. v. Capital Bank, <br />N.A., 762 F.2d 1303, 1310 (5th Cir. 1985)); CIT Commc'ns Fin. Corp. v. Midway Airlines Corp. <br />(In re Midway Airlines Corp_), 406 F.3d 229, 234 (4th Cir. 2005) (stating that the trustee can <br />force a lessor "to continue performing under the lease."); In re Gilbertson's Rests. LLC, No. 04- <br />00385, 2004 WL 1724880, at *2 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa May 25, 2004) (same); Gwinnett Prado, L.P. <br />v. Rhodes, Inc. (In re Rhodes, Inc.), 321 B.R. 80, 91 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 2005) ("As a general <br />proposition, the non -debtor party to an unexpired lease or other executory contract is obliged to <br />perform it until it is assumed or rejected."); In re Nat'l Steel Corp., 316 B.R. 287, 305 (Bankr. <br />N.D. Ill. 2004) (stating that "most courts agree that before an executory contract is assumed or <br />rejected under § 365(a), that contract continues to exist, enforceable by the debtor-in-possession, <br />but not enforceable against the debtor-in-possession."); Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. v. Wheeling <br />Pittsburgh Steel Corp. (In re Pittsburgh -Canfield Corp.), 283 B.R. 231, 238 <br />(Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2002) ("Until an executory contract has been rejected, generally a non -debtor <br />must continue to perform. This Court has previously stated that post-petition: 'the non -debtor <br />party cannot terminate the contract by reason of the debtor's defaults thereunder... It ... follows <br />that the non -debtor party cannot unilaterally elect to cease performance on an executory contract <br />prior to its assumption or rejection."') (internal quotations and citations omitted; modifications in <br />original); Krafsur v. UOP (In re El Paso Refinery, L.P.), 196 B.R. 58, 72 (Bankr. W.D. Tex. <br />1996) ("[T]he [Bankruptcy] Code places an independent duty on the non -debtor to continue the <br />-22- <br />