Legal Opinion
Bennie Edwards and Joann Edwards v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc., the Celotex Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 22, 1993No. 92-1557PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
This case epitomizes the way that toxic tort litigation has corroded our judicial system. Here we have an asbestos poisoning dispute in which the defendant has sought the protection of the bankruptcy laws to shield itself from the multitude of claims generated by this one-time miracle fabric turned cancer-causing nightmare. To the bankruptcy court now falls the herculean *314task of managing the problems generated by the unprecedented magnitude of these disputes. It is this court’s duty to insure that the case management tools the bankruptcy court utilizes to control these…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. Whiting Pools, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- In the Matter of S.I. Acquisition, Inc., Debtor. S.I. Acquisition, Inc. v. Eastway Delivery Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Poplar Grove Planting and Refining Co., Inc. v. Bache Halsey Stuart, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Celotex Corp. v. EdwardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Reliant Energy Services, Inc. v. Enron Canada Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- Great Lakes Higher Education Corp. v. Pardee (In Re Pardee)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Charles R. MichalekCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Keene Corp. v. Acstar Insurance (In Re Keene Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1994
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