Legal Opinion
Brandt v. Hicks, Muse & Co. (In Re Healthco International, Inc.)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 17, 1996No. 19-10782PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAMES F. QUEENAN, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
This is yet another case of a leveraged buyout gone sour. In May of 1991, management of Healthco International, Inc. (“Healthco”) escaped from a proxy contest by causing all the company’s capital stock to be sold to a “white knight” in a leveraged buyout (the “LBO”). Healthco filed a chapter 11 petition with this court on June 9,1993. The case was soon converted to chapter 7.
William A. Brandt, Jr., the chapter 7 trustee (the “Trustee”), brings this complaint against sixty-five defendants and the entire class of selling stockholders, virtually…
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- Neilson v. Union Bank of California, N.A.District Court, C.D. California · 2003
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