Legal Opinion
In Re Savage Industries, Inc., Debtor. Western Auto Supply Company v. Savage Arms, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 14, 1994No. 93-2244PublishedCited by 186 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
The question presented on appeal is whether the bankruptcy court properly enjoined a state-law based “successor product-line liability” action in an Alaska court against an entity which had acquired a corporate chapter 11 debtor’s assets by purchase and subject to an explicit disclaimer of liability on all unfiled claims relating to products manufactured by the chapter 11 debtor. On intermediate appeal, the district court vacated the injunction. As we conclude that in-junctive relief-was improvidently granted, we affirm the district court order.
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BACKGROUND
A. The “Successor…
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