MATTER OF PRITCHARD & BAIRD, INC.

Bankruptcy No. B-75-3202.

16 B.R. 16 (1981)

In the Matter of PRITCHARD & BAIRD, INC., et al, Debtor(s). CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S OF LONDON, et als, Plaintiffs, v. The TRUSTEES IN BANKRUPTCY OF PRITCHARD & BAIRD, INC., et al, Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey.

October 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sills, Beck, Cummis, Radin & Tischman by Thomas J. Demski, Newark, N.J., for Fortress Re., Inc.

Pellettieri, Rabstein & Altman by Richard M. Altman, Princeton, N.J., for Horace Mann Ins. Co.

Shanley & Fisher by A. Dennis Terrell, Newark, N.J., for Capitol Indem. Corp.

Francis & Berry by Hugh P. Francis, Morristown, N.J., for the trustees in bankruptcy.

Riker, Danzig, Scherer & Hyland by James S. Rothschild, Newark, N.J., for Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, et als.


OPINION

VINCENT J. COMMISA, Bankruptcy Judge.

Defendants Fortress Re., Inc., Capitol Indemnity Corporation and Horace Mann Insurance Company have filed a joint motion seeking an order of recusal by the Court.

The motion is brought on at the direction of the Court as counsel for the moving parties had, at earlier hearings in this matter, expressed some concern that the Court's extensive knowledge of the business affairs and alleged frauds of the Pritchard...

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