Legal Opinion
In Re Bidermann Industries U.S.A., Inc.
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 7, 1997No. 17-22032PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORRECTED TEXT OF BENCH RULING ISSUED DECEMBER 17, 1996
TINA L. BROZMAN, Chief Judge.
Thirty years ago Judge Henry Friendly, sitting on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, declared that the conduct of bankruptcy proceedings not only should be right but must seem right. Knapp v. Seligson (In re Ira Haupt & Co.), 361 F.2d 164, 168 (2d Cir.1966). In this ease, the fiduciaries must have blinded themselves to Judge Friendly’s counsel.
Bidermann Industries U.S.A., Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries filed chapter 11 petitions on July 17, 1995. Prior to their bankruptcy, they retained Alvarez &…
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