Legal Opinion
Weiner's, Inc. v. T.G. & Y. Stores Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 24, 1996No. 94 Civ. 1656 (KMW)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
KIMBA M. WOOD, District Judge.
This bankruptcy appeal raises the question whether a bankruptcy court may conduct a jury trial to adjudicate a post-petition state law tort claim brought by a Chapter 11 debt- or against a non-creditor. I hold that it may not, for the reasons given below.
I. Background
On February 26, 1992, T.G. & Y. Stores Co. (“TG & Y”) filed a voluntary Chapter 11 petition. On November 22,1992, in Texas, a fire that started in a store owned by Weiner’s Inc. (‘Weiner’s”) spread to, and damaged, a store owned by TG & Y. On October 26, 1994, TG & Y filed a…
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