IN RE FIDELITY AMERICA MORTGAGE CO.

Bankruptcy Nos. 81-00386G, 81-00394G, Adv. Nos. 81-1176G, 81-1177G.

15 B.R. 458 (1981)

In re FIDELITY AMERICA MORTGAGE CO., A Pennsylvania Corporation. In re WHISPERING BROOK ASSOCIATES, a Kentucky limited partnership, Debtors. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOUISVILLE, a Pennsylvania Corporation, Plaintiff, v. FIDELITY AMERICA MORTGAGE CO., A Pennsylvania Corporation, Whispering Brook Associates, and Norman M. Kranzdorf, Trustee, Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

November 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack B. Justice and Joseph A. Dworetzky, Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff First Nat. Bank of Louisville.

Michael Temin, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants Fidelity America Mortgage Co. and Whispering Brook Associates.

Norman M. Kranzdorf, Kranzco Realty, Inc., trustee.

Alexander N. Rubin, Jr., Fell, Spalding, Goff & Rubin, Philadelphia, Pa., for trustee Norman M. Kranzdorf.

Neal D. Colton, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for secured mortgage noteholders in Fidelity America Mortgage Co.

Edward C. Toole, Jr., Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young, Philadelphia, Pa., and Lawrence R. Scheetz, Williams & Scheetz, Richboro, Pa., for creditors' committee in Fidelity America Mortgage Co.

Elizabeth K. Heinze, Chairwoman, unsecured creditors' committee in Fidelity America Mortgage Co.


OPINION

EMIL F. GOLDHABER, Bankruptcy Judge:

The issue before the court is whether we should grant the plaintiff's request for a change of venue and transfer the above captioned adversary cases to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Kentucky (Louisville Division). We conclude that the interests of justice and the convenience of the parties require that we deny the plaintiff's request.

The facts are briefly

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