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IN RE KEENE CORP.

Nos. 94 Civ. 5776 (KTD), 94 Civ. 5777 (KTD), 94 Civ. 6038 (KTD) and 95 Civ. 164 (KTD).

182 B.R. 379 (1995)

In re KEENE CORPORATION, Debtor. KEENE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. WILLIAMS BAILEY & WESNER, L.L.P.; Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole; Brown, Terrill, Hogan, Ellis, McClamma & Yegelwel, P.A.; Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos; Rose, Klein & Marias; Richard F. Scruggs, P.A.; Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.C.; Wellborn, Houston, Adkinson, Mann, Sadler & Hill; Thornton Early & Naumes; Schroeter, Goldmark & Bender, P.S.; Robert E. Sweeney Co., L.P.A.; Kazan, McClain, Edises & Simon; Ashcraft & Gerel; Thomas W. Henderson; and Goldberg, Persky, Jennings & White, P.C., Defendants. KEENE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. LEVY, PHILLIPS & KONIGSBERG; Sterl F. Shinaberry; Law Office of Danny Cupit; and Hostler Law Offices, Defendants. KEENE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. WILLIAMS BAILEY & WESNER, L.L.P.; and Shein Johnson & Berezofsky, P.C., Defendants. KEENE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. WILLIAMS BAILEY & WESNER, L.L.P.; Umphrey Swearington, Eddins & Carver; Greitzer & Locks; Reaud, Morgan & Quinn a/k/a Umphrey, Williams & Bailey; Baron & Budd, P.C.; Shein, Johnson & Berezofsky, P.C. a/k/a Joseph Shein, Shein, Paul, Reich & Myers a/k/a Shein & Brookman a/k/a Paul Reich & Myers; Levy, Phillips & Konigsberg; Brookman, Rosenberg; Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole; Brown, Terrell, Hogan, Ellis, McClenna & Yegelwel, P.A.; Law Office of Peter J. Angelos; Rose, Klein & Marias; Law Office of Danny Cupit a/k/a Cupit & Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer; Wellborn, Houston, Adkison, Mann, Sadler & Hill; Robert E. Sweeney Co., L.P.A.; Kazan, McClain, Edises & Simon; Weitz & Luxenberg; Robles & Gonzalez, P.A.; Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley; Sterl F. Shinaberry; Ashcraft & Gerel; Hostler Law Office; and Thomas W. Henderson and Goldberg, Persky, Jennings & White f/k/a/ Henderson & Goldberg, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

May 10, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berlack, Israels & Liberman (Carole L. Fern, Janice B. Grubin, Gerard R. Luckman, of counsel), New York City, for debtor-plaintiff.

Caplin & Drysdale (Elihu Inselbuch, C. Sanders McNew, Peter Van N. Lockwood, Graeme W. Bush, of counsel), Kramer, Levin, Naftalis, Nessen, Kamin & Frankel (Philip S. Kaufman, Michael J. Dell, of counsel), New York City, Conrad O'Brian Gellman & Rohn, P.C. (James J. Rohn, Karen M. Scheller, Albert H. Manwaring, of counsel), Philadelphia, PA, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan (David C. Wrobel, of counsel), New York City, Umphrey, Swearington, Eddins & Carvins (Gary Thompson, of counsel), Beaumont, TX, Brauner Baron Rosenzweig & Klein, LLP (Alan Nisselson, of counsel), New York City, Hopkins & Sutter (Murray Drabkin, of counsel), Washington, DC, for bankruptcy movants-defendants.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge:

The Keene Corporation ("Debtor" or "Keene") filed an adversary proceeding against twenty-seven law firms ("Defendants"), alleging that Defendants forced Keene into bankruptcy. Defendants have moved for withdrawal of the reference of the proceeding from the bankruptcy court to this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(d). Defendant Levy Phillips & Konigsberg ("LPK") also appeals from...

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