a trustee’s rejection of a nonresidential lease retroactive to the motion filing date. We explain briefly. Bankruptcy courts are courts of equity, see Pepper v. Litton, 308 U.S. 295, 304-05, 60 S.Ct. 238, 244, 84 L.Ed. 281 (1939), and, particularly in the Chapter 11 context, they may sometimes abandon mechanical solutions in favor of the pliant reins of fairness. See, e.g., Winthrop Old Farm Nurseries, 50 F.3d at 75 (explaining that a bankruptcy court, applying principles of equity, may in its discretion choose between valuation methods). In the section 365 context, this means that bankruptcy courts may enter retroactive orders of approval, and should do so when the balance of equities preponderates in favor of such remediation. See In re Jamesway Corp., 179 B.R. 33, 39 (S.D.N.Y. 1995) (<HOLDING>); see also In re Garfinckels, Inc., 118 B.R.
holding that a bankruptcy court can order rejection retroactive to an earlier date to avoid penalizing the debtor for an unnecessary delay caused by the creditor holding that creditor lacked appellate standing to appeal order of bankruptcy court absent permission of bankruptcy court holding that delay caused by or consented to by a defendant is not unreasonable holding that creditor did not have actual knowledge of the bankruptcy filing where the debtor informed creditor of the possibility that a bankruptcy case would be filed holding that court lacked jurisdiction on appeal from injunction because the order was simply an interpretation of an earlier order