Keene Corp. v. Johns-Manville Corp. (In Re Johns-Manville Corp.)

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

Keene Corporation (“Keene”), a party in interest in the Chapter 11 proceeding of Johns-Manville Corporation (“Manville”), appeals from an order of the bankruptcy court, Lifland, J., conditioning Manville’s production of documents analyzing its historical share of the asbestos market on Keene’s production of similar material. Appellant maintains that the bankruptcy court exceeded its authority by ordering Keene to produce such data and that the order should be modified to compel disclosure by Manville alone. For the reasons set forth below, the bankruptcy…