Legal Opinion

Keene Corp. v. Coleman (In Re Keene Corp.)

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York

Decided March 3, 1994No. 19-35179PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM DECISION GRANTING MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND DIRECTING THE APPOINTMENT OF AN EXAMINER

STUART M. BERNSTEIN, Bankruptcy Judge.

The debtor-in-possession, Keene Corporation (“Keene”), seeks declaratory and injunc-tive relief preventing the continuation of approximately 1,600 lawsuits. Commenced by Keene’s creditors and pending throughout the country, the lawsuits challenge the legality of Keene’s transfer of over $200 million of its assets to its then affiliates during the 1980s and the subsequent spinning off of certain of these affiliates (collectively the “Wrongful Transfer…

2Cases cited42 opinions

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