Legal Opinion
In Re: Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Debtor. Caradon Doors and Windows, Inc. v. Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Movant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 5, 2006No. 04-3747PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
Eagle-Picher Industries emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 1996, and in this case seeks to stay a $20 million patent-infringement action filed by Cara-don Doors and Windows against it in May 1997. After considerable collateral skirmishing, the merits of the stay motion focused on the following disagreement. Eagle-Picher contends that the patent-infringement claim cannot proceed because the confirmation of the 1996 reorganization plan discharged Caradon’s claim. Cara-don responds that the patent-infringement claim arose in the ordinary course of doing business…
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