Legal Opinion
Committee of Asbestos-Related Litigants and/or Creditors v. Johns-Manville Corp. (In Re Johns-Manville Corp.)
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 26, 1983No. 83 Civ. 3808 (LBS), 83 Civ. 4382 (LBS)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAND, District Judge.
On August 26, 1982, the Johns-Manville Corporation and affiliated corporations (“Appellees”) filed petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Prior to the filing, Appellees had been sued in a number of lawsuits throughout the country for injuries resulting from exposure to asbestos fibers or asbestos products that were mined, manufactured, or sold by Appellees. 1 Under Chapter 11, Ap-pellees are supposedly attempting to deal in an orderly fashion with this potential liability-
On October 8, 1982, the Committee of Asbestos-Related Litigants…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Coopers & Lybrand v. LivesaySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Catlin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- First Nat. Bank of Boston v. BellottiSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Bank of Marin v. EnglandSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- In the Matter of Triangle Chemicals, Inc., Debtor. Darryl Fanelli v. Nelson T. Hensley, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Committee of Asbestos-Related Litigants and/or Creditors v. Johns-Manville Corp. (In Re Johns-Manville Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1986
- In Re: William Engel, Debtor. Ferrara & Hantman Robert J. Hantman v. Jesus Antonio Alvarez Theodore J. Liscinski, Jr., Trustee United States TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
- Robinson v. Johns-Manville Corp. (In Re Johns-Manville Corp.)District Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- In Re Nitec Paper Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Royal Bank & Trust Co. v. Pereira (In Re Lady Madonna Industries, Inc.)District Court, S.D. New York · 1987
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