Legal Opinion
Lynch v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 1, 1983No. Nos. 83-3118, 83-3119, 83-3120, 83-3121, 83-3122, 83-3123, 83-3124, 83-3125, 83-3126 and 83-3127PublishedCited by 195 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated appeals join inquiry into the legal impact upon pending asbestos actions of petitions for reorganization which have been filed pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. *1196§ 1101 et seq. (Code), by Unarco Industries, Inc. (Unarco)1 and Johns-Manville Sales Corporation (J-M),2 both of which are defendants in thousands of asbestos cases pending in the state and federal forums throughout the nation. As Chapter 11 petitioners, all proceedings against Unarco and J-M were automatically stayed by the mandate imposed by 11 U.S.C. § 362. The…
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- Margaret Austin, Etc. v. Unarco Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 92,714 Edwin J. Herpich v. Robert H. Wallace, Jack E. LoveCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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