In Re Blockbuster Inc.

BENCH MEMORANDUM AND DECISION DENYING MOTION FOR ORDER ALLOWING CLASS PROOF OF CLAIM AND CERTIFYING THE PROPOSED CLASSES

BURTON R. LIFLAND, Bankruptcy Judge.

Before the Court is the motion (the “Motion”) of certain self-described “class representatives,” Marc Cohen, Marc Per-per and Uwe Stueckrad (the “Movants”), on behalf of themselves, plaintiffs and putative class members in the action titled Cohen, et al v. Blockbuster Entertainment Inc., Case No. 99-CH-2561, Circuit Court of Cook County Illinois, Chancery Court (the “State Court Action”), all others similarly situated, and the general…