UPDATE 1-Momentive faces critics as bankruptcy-exit plan goes before court
August 18, 2014 at 17:14 PM EDT
NEW YORK, Aug 18 (Reuters) - A judge said he will rule on Tuesday whether junior bondholders of Momentive Performance Materials, a quartz and silicone maker owned by Apollo Global Management, are being fairly pushed behind other creditors, a decision that could make or break Momentive's plan to cut $3 billion in debt and exit bankruptcy.