Legal Opinion
Official Unsecured Creditors' Committee v. Michaels
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 29, 1982No. Nos. 81-3083, 81-3084PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
We are called upon in this appeal to determine whether a creditors’ committee in a bankruptcy reorganization has the right to intervene in adversary proceedings instituted by a trustee. We first decide that we have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1293(b) to address this issue at this stage of the litigation, and then proceed to ascertain that under the applicable section of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 1109(b), a creditors’ committee has a right to intervene, a right that is not satisfied by participation as a mere amicus curiae. Accordingly we…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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