Legal Opinion
In Re Board of Directors of Hopewell International Insurance
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 17, 2002No. 18-36750PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
ALLAN L. GROPPER, Bankruptcy Judge.
This is a further chapter in the extended insolvency proceedings of Hopewell International Insurance Ltd. (“Hopewell”), a Bermuda company that reinsured captive insurers, some located in the United States. 1 In 1995 the Supreme Court of Bermuda sanctioned Hopewell’s Scheme of Arrangement, which is roughly comparable to a plan of reorganization in the United States, and in 1999 this Court, acting under 11 U.S.C. § 304, entered an order dated September 21, 1999 (the “1999 Order”) enforcing Hopewell’s Scheme in the United States. The 1999…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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