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t <br />i <br />§ 1121 also makes c:Lear that the bankrupts; court is given bread <br />flev.i.'~,ility in dete_'-.nining whether there is "cause" to extend the <br />exclusive pericds. See H.R. Rep. No. 95-595, 95th Cong., 2d <br />Sess. 221-222 (1978); see also First American Bank v. Southwest <br />Glcves, supra, 6: Bankr. at 965; In re Public Service Co. of Ne:a <br />Ha-.nshire, suns, 88 Hankr. at 534. <br />In exercising their discretion, bankruptcy cour~s have <br />ar.alvzed a nu-ber cf factors in determining whether cause exists <br />for an extensicn of the Exclusive Periods. Each of these fasters <br />by itself may cons;:itute cause for extending the Exclusive <br />Pericds. These factors include: (1) the time that has ?lansed <br />since the filing of. the petition; (2) the size and comol=_xity cf <br />th~a case; (3) the debtor's progress in resclving issues facing <br />tha estate; (4) the debtor's motive in recuesting the extension; <br />(5) the possibility that an extension of time will harm the <br />creditors; and {6) the debtor's prospects for filing a viable <br />plan if the extension is granted. See, e~Q., In re RCPT II, <br />suor=_, llo Bankr. at 464; In re Gibson & Cushman Dredging, supra, <br />1C1 Bankr, at 409; In re Perkins, 71 Bankr. 294, 298 {W.D. Tenn. <br />1987); In re Grossinaer's Associates, 116 Bankr. 34, 36 (Bankr. <br />S.D.fd.Y. 1990; In re Nicolet, Inc., 80 Bankr. 733, 741-•42 (Bankr. <br />E.D. ra. 198~i; Iri .e Texaco, sup a, 76 Bankr. at 326-27; In re <br />M.<:Lean Industries, Inc., 87 Bankr. 830, 833-34 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. <br />1987); In re Southwest Oil Co. of Jourdanton, Inc., 84 3ankr. <br />~~,~, 451-54 (Bankr. W.D. Tex. 1987). Each of the factors set <br />forth above supports the Moticn to extend the Exclusive Periods. <br />4 <br />