Landmark Hotel & Casino, Inc. v. Local Joint Executive Board of Las Vegas Culinary Workers Union, Local No. 226 (In re Landmark Hotel & Casino, Inc.)

Debtor Landmark Hotel & Casino, Inc. (Landmark) appeals the judgment of a bankruptcy appellate panel (BAP) which upheld a bankruptcy court’s decision to grant Landmark certain interim relief prior to its authorizing Landmark to reject its collective bargaining agreements under 11 U.S.C. § 1113 (Supp. IV 1986). Landmark argues that the bankruptcy court should have authorized it to reject the contracts immediately rather than granting interim relief only. We hold that, under 28 U.S.C. § 158 (d) (Supp. IV 1986), we lack jurisdiction to review Landmark’s claim even though the bankruptcy court authorized rejection of the collective bargaining agreements while this appeal was pending before the BAP and no party appealed therefrom.

I.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

Landmark filed a chapter 11 bankruptcy petition on July 31, 1985. Shortly afterward, in an effort to reduce its labor expenses, Landmark attempted to negotiate changes in its collective bargaining agreements with the representatives of its 500 unionized employees. The representatives included the bargaining units of the Professional, Clerical and Miscellaneous Employees Union, Local 995, the International Union of Operating…