Legal Opinion
Kane v. Johns-Manville Corp. (In re Johns-Manville Corp.)
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 30, 1988No. 412, Docket 87-5032PublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal challenges the lawfulness of the reorganization plan of the Johns-Man-ville Corporation (“Manville”), a debtor in one of the nation’s most significant Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Lawrence Kane, on behalf of himself and a group of other personal injury claimants, appeals from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Whitman Knapp, Judge) affirming an order of the Bankruptcy Court (Burton R. Lifland, Chief Judge) that confirmed a Second Amended Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”). Kane and the group of 765 individuals…
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