Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the appeal proceedings should be joined and whether the appeal remained live after the bankruptcy order.
Decisione estratta
The two proceedings were joined; the liquidation appeal could be left unresolved on mootness because the same legal questions were decided in the bankruptcy appeal.
Motivazione estratta
Both cases involved the same facts and parties, and the later bankruptcy decision covered the same core issues as the earlier liquidation order.