Nortel trustees petition US Supreme Court

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The trustee of the Nortel Networks UK Pension Plan is petitioning the US Supreme Court to gain access to the company's bankrupt US affiliates' cash.

The US Court of Appeals ruled in January that the Nortel trustee board and the Pension Protection Fund did not constitute "governmental units", which are the key criteria that would grant them poli...

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