Legal Opinion

Manville Corp. v. Equity Security Holders Committee (In Re Johns-Manville Corp.)

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York

Decided October 28, 1986No. 19-10696PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BURTON R. LIFLAND, Bankruptcy Judge.

I Background:

A. The Posture of the Instant Proceeding

The instant adversary proceeding is before this court pursuant to the remand of the Second Circuit. In re Johns-Manville, 801 F.2d 60 (2d Cir.1986). On August 19, 1985 Leon B. Dubin, a Manville common stockholder and a member of the Equity Security Holders Committee (“Equity” or the “Equity Committee”) brought an action individually and on behalf of the Committee in the Delaware Chancery Court (the “First Delaware Action”), seeking an order to require the Johns-Manville Corporation (“Manville” or the…

2Cases cited24 opinions

Salen v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
Johns-Manville Corp. v. Asbestos Litigation Group (In Re Johns-Manville Corp.)District Court, S.D. New York · 1984
Manville Corp. v. Equity Security Holders Committee (In re Johns-Manville Corp.)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
In Re Johns-Manville Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1984
In Re Pch Associates, F/k/a Simon Associates, Debtor. Liona Corporation, N v. V. Pch AssociatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986

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3Cited by23 opinions

Kane v. Johns-Manville Corp. (In re Johns-Manville Corp.)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
Matter of Johns-Manville Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1986
In Re Joint Eastern and Southern District Asbestos Litigation. In Re Johns-Manville Corporation, Debtor. Bernadine K. Findley, as of the Estate of Hillard Findley, Putative Class Members Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation v. Donald M. Blinken, Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust, in Re Bernadine K. Findley, as of the Estate of Hillard Findley, and Donald M. Blinken, Bernadine K. Findley, as of the Estate of Hillard Findley, and Donald M. Blinken v. Leslie Gordon Fagen, as Legal Representative of FutureCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
In Re Allegheny International, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1990
In Re Johns-Manville Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1989

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