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IN RE JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.

Bankruptcy Nos. 82 B 11656-82 B 11662 and 82 B 11665-82 B 11676, Adv. No. 84-5356A.

60 B.R. 612 (1986)

In re JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP., et al., Debtors. The COMMITTEE OF ASBESTOS-RELATED LITIGANTS AND/OR CREDITORS, Plaintiff, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP., et al., Wexler, Reynolds, Harrison & Schule Martin Rogol, Chambers Associates, Leon Billings, Inc., Kendall & Associates, Steven Stockmeyer, Defendants.

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

May 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levin & Weintraub & Crames by Edmund M. Emrich, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, by Lowell Gordon Harriss, New York City, for debtors.

Moses & Singer by Shelley Rothschild, New York City, for Asbestos plaintiffs.

Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand by Roger Whelan, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

Williams & Connolly by Phillip J. Ward, Washington, D.C., for Wexler, Reynolds, Harrison & Schole, Washington, D.C.

DECISION AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

BURTON R. LIFLAND, Bankruptcy Judge.

The present motion for summary judgment raises two issues of first impression: 1) whether a debtor corporation's retention of certain lobbyists was in the ordinary course of business under § 363 of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 ("Code"); and 2) whether such lobbyists are professional persons within the meaning of § 327(a), whose retention requires prior court...

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