IN RE A.H. ROBINS CO., INC.

Bankruptcy No. 85-01307-R, Adv. Nos. 85-01020-R, 85-1021-R and 85-1022-R.

59 B.R. 99 (1986)

In re A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INC., Debtor. Bonnie ACKLES, et al. v. A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INC. Diana R. BEARD, et al. v. A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INC. Ruth ABRAMS, et al. v. A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INC.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

March 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick A. Murphy, Penn Ayers Butler, Michael Kip Maly, Murphy, Weir & Butler, San Francisco, Cal., William R. Cogar, Clifford W. Perrin, Jr., James S. Crockett, Jr., Linda J. Thomason, Mays, Valentine, Davenport & Moore, Richmond, Va., for debtor.

Carl A. Taylor Lopez, Lopez, Fantel, & Taylor, Seattle, Wash., Dennis B. Conklin, Conklin, Davis & Friedman, San Francisco, Cal., Patricia J. Hartman, St. Paul, Minn., Thomas Brandi, Bianco, Brandi & Jones, San Francisco, Cal., Judy Rentschler, Walk-up, Downing, Shelby, Bastian, Melodia, Kelly & O'Reilly, San Francisco, Cal., Ronald P. Schneider, San Francisco, Cal., Richard Wexell, Fairfax, Va., John T. Baker, Bragg & Dubofsky, P.C., Denver, Colo., Bradley Post, Post, Syrios & Bradshaw, Wichita, Kan., Sydney L. Matthew, Tallahassee, Fla., James F. Szaller, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiffs.

David A. Strumwasser, Robert M. Miller, James M. Nolan, Bishop, Liberman & Cook, New York City, Ross C. Reeves, Willcox & Savage, P.C., Norfolk, Va., for Official Equity Sec. Holders Committee.

Gregory A. Harrison, Dept. of Justice, S. Davis Schiller, Asst. U.S. Atty., for the United States.

William C. White, United States Trustee.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BLACKWELL N. SHELLEY, Bankruptcy Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on the plaintiffs' complaints for the entry of a declaratory judgment that 11 U.S.C. § 1141(d) is unconstitutional in that it denies them equal protection of the law in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.1 The plaintiffs' principal allegation...

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