Legal Opinion
Findley v. Blinken
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 4, 1992No. Nos. 900-913, 1071, Dockets 91-5068(L), 91-5064, 91-5072, 91-5076, 91-5078, 91-5080, 91-5082, 91-5084, 91-5086, 91-5088, 91-5090; and 91-3029, 91-5036(L), 91-5070PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal challenges significant rulings made jointly by a district judge and a bankruptcy judge in an effort to restructure the mechanism for distributing compensation to thousands of persons claiming asbestos-related injuries from products manufactured by the Johns-Manville Corporation. The rulings are presented for review on appeal from a judgment jointly entered on August 21, 1991, by the District Courts of the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York (Jack B. Weinstein, District Judge, and…
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3Cited by12 opinions
- In Re Joint Eastern and Southern District Asbestos Litigation. In Re Johns-Manville Corporation, Debtor. Bernadine K. Findley, as of the Estate of Hillard Findley, Putative Class Members Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation v. Donald M. Blinken, Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust, in Re Bernadine K. Findley, as of the Estate of Hillard Findley, and Donald M. Blinken, Bernadine K. Findley, as of the Estate of Hillard Findley, and Donald M. Blinken v. Leslie Gordon Fagen, as Legal Representative of FutureCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- In Re Asbestos LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Falise v. American Tobacco Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1999
- In Re Joint E. & S. Dist. Asbestos LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1995
- Findley v. FaliseDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1995
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