Forward Motions

The bankrupt unit of casino giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. will ask a judge to approve the plain-language outline of its chapter 11 restructuring plan on Wednesday, an approval that is usually seen as the first step toward exiting bankruptcy.

Texas’s Goodrich Petroleum Corp. will ask a judge in Houston on Tuesday to sign off on its bankruptcy-exit plan, one of the final steps in concluding the oil and gas producer’s bankruptcy case.

Houston-based Goodrich, which sought bankruptcy protection after seeking to cut its debt as oil prices continued to tumble, will ask for approval of a deal that would erase $400 million in debt from its books through a swap with a group of investors that own bonds that the company issued last year.

On Monday, Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. will look to move a step closer to exiting bankruptcy protection when it asks a judge for approval to send out its reorganization plan to creditors for a vote. The retailer filed its so-called disclosure statement, or plain-language outline of its bankruptcy plan, when it sought chapter 11 protection in April. Unsecured creditors and certain term-loan lenders will be allowed to vote on the plan. Pacific Sunwear has roughly $60 million in unsecured debt, including claims for unpaid rent and leases, court papers show.

Republic Airways Holdings Inc. on Thursday will ask a Manhattan judge for permission to use a hotly contested bankruptcy loan from Delta Air Lines as well as seek approval for a settlement with the airline.

Thursday’s hearing, before Judge Sean Lane, was pushed back by a week after a group of shareholders expected to go empty-handed in the restructuring sought more time to review the airliner’s recently struck deal with Delta.

Next week in bankruptcy, Sports Authority Inc. will ask a bankruptcy judge for final approval of $595 million in bankruptcy financing.

On Tuesday, the big-box athletic retailer will request permission on the loan, which has raised “numerous red flags” with unsecured creditors. The creditors requested more information about the loan last week and formally objected Thursday. Judge Mary Walrath of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., delayed the hearing to Tuesday to give unsecured creditors more time to sort through the documents.