Legal Opinion
Keene Corp. v. Acstar Insurance (In Re Keene Corp.)
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 27, 1994No. 18-36406PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS CLAIMS BASED ON COMPENSATORY CIVIL CONTEMPT
STUART M. BERNSTEIN, Bankruptcy Judge.
The Debtor, Keene Corporation (“Keene”), seeks an order of civil contempt and an award of damages against Levy Phillips & Konigsberg (“LP & K”), a law firm that represents numerous asbestos injury claimants, and two of its partners, Stanley J. Levy and Moishe Maimon, on account of their disobedience of this Court’s temporary restraining order (the “TRO”), dated December 6, 1993 (the “Contempt Motion”). 1 After Keene commenced the Contempt Motion, the Court vacated the…
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3Cited by7 opinions
- In Re Keene Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1997
- Reliance Insurance v. Mast Construction Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
- Ball v. Soundview Composite Ltd. (In re Soundview Elite Ltd.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2016
- Keene Corp. v. Williams Bailey & Wesner, L.L.P. (In Re Keene Corp.)District Court, S.D. New York · 1995
- In Re BezozaUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2002
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