Legal Opinion
Amatex Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. (In Re Amatex Corp.)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 10, 1989No. 19-10244PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID A. SCHOLL, Bankruptcy Judge.
The parties have stipulated that the only issue that we need decide in the above-enti- tied four very similar adversary proceedings at this juncture is whether, pursuant to the equitable powers vested in this court by 11 U.S.C. § 105(a), we can compel the defendant-insurers, contrary to the terms of their policies, to make lump-sum payments to the Debtor on account of liabilities which the Debtor, a former manufacturer and vendor of asbestos products, contends “will inevitably become due and payable” to it under those policies. As we do not believe…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Butner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Norwest Bank Worthington v. AhlersSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Goodman v. Mead Johnson & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by15 opinions
- In Re EdmondsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- Pennsylvania Companies, Inc. v. Stone (In Re Greenley Energy Holdings of Pennsylvania, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1990
- Garafano v. Trustees of the Amalgamated Insurance Fund (In Re Garafano)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1989
- Amatex Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. (In Re Amatex Corp.)District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1989
- In Re FRG, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1991
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