Legal Opinion
Penthouse Media Group v. Guccione (In Re General Media, Inc.)
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 27, 2005No. 18-13309PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT
STUART M. BERNSTEIN, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff filed this adversary proceeding against the reorganized debtors’ former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and director, Robert C. Guccione, to recover money damages and other relief. Guc-cione moved to dismiss, contending, inter alia, that the claims fell outside of the Court’s limited post-confirmation subject matter jurisdiction. For the reasons that follow, the motion is granted.
BACKGROUND
The plaintiff is the successor-in-interest to General Media, Inc. and General Media Communications,…
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