Renamed casino company returned to Chapter 11 in 2009
Reporting and findings
- documented
Trump Entertainment Resorts, the renamed successor to Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, a company founded by Donald Trump, and certain subsidiaries filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey on February 17, 2009.
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009Recent Events — Chapter 11 Proceedings
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025Risk Factors, prior bankruptcy history and renamed successor
- documented
The bankruptcy disclosure statement records the February 17, 2009 Trump Entertainment Resorts filing in Case No. 09-13654 (JHW), its July 16, 2010 plan effective date, and closure of the cases on January 10, 2012.
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network: Trump Taj Mahal bankruptcy records: prior bankruptcy filingsPDF page 201, printed page 10, section 3.2, Prior Bankruptcy Filings.
Summary and current status
Trump Entertainment Resorts, the renamed successor to Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions with subsidiaries on February 17, 2009.
Historical Chapter 11 filing
People and organizations
- Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc.Chapter 11 debtor business
- Donald J. Trumpfounder of predecessor company
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trumpfounded predecessor of Chapter 11 debtorTrump Entertainment Resorts, Inc.
Figures
Distinct qualifying bankruptcy filing1 filing Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- Trump Entertainment Resorts' February 17, 2009 Chapter 11 filing.
- Period
- 2009-02-17 to 2009-02-17
- Method
- Count one for the parent company's disclosed Chapter 11 petition; do not separately count jointly administered subsidiary petitions or later docket events.
- Uncertainty
- This episode-level observation excludes subsidiary petitions and therefore does not assert completeness for the approved dashboard metric's all-entity population.
Trump Entertainment Resorts: 2009 bankruptcy1 count Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- The named parent-company Chapter 11 filing in the District of New Jersey, jointly administered case 09-13654 (JHW).
- Period
- 2009-02-17 to 2009-02-17
- As of
- 2009-02-17
- Method
- Count the named parent-company filing once. Subsidiary petitions and later reorganization docket events are excluded from this observation.
- Uncertainty
- Documented minimum coverage, not a census of every Trump-linked debtor or bankruptcy petition.
Trump Entertainment Resorts: 2009 filing1 count Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- The named parent-company Chapter 11 filing in the District of New Jersey, jointly administered case 09-13654 (JHW).
- Period
- 2009-02-17 to 2009-02-17
- As of
- 2009-02-17
- Method
- Count the named parent-company filing once. Subsidiary petitions and later reorganization docket events are excluded from this observation.
- Uncertainty
- Documented minimum coverage, not a census of every Trump-linked debtor or bankruptcy petition.