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DALKON SHIELD CLAIMANTS v. A.H. ROBINS CO., INC.

Nos. 86-1235, 86-1271.

828 F.2d 239 (1987)

COMMITTEE OF DALKON SHIELD CLAIMANTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INCORPORATED; Official Committee of Equity Security Holders; Unsecured Creditors Committee; Legal Representative of the Future Tort Claimants, Defendants-Appellees, Murphy, Weir & Butler, Amicus Curiae. COMMITTEE OF DALKON SHIELD CLAIMANTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INCORPORATED; Legal Representative of the Future Tort Claimants, Defendants-Appellees, Murphy, Weir & Butler, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray Drabkin (Mark C. Ellenberg; James F. Wallack; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Washington, D.C., on brief) for appellant.

Michael L. Cook (Dennis J. Drebsky; William F. Gray, Jr.; Peter W. Clapp; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, on brief) for appellee.

(Robert B. McCaw; William J. Perlstein; Philip D. Anker; Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., John S. Barr; Kevin R. Huennekens; Maloney, Yeatts & Barr, Richmond, Va., on brief) for amicus curiae.

Before RUSSELL, WIDENER, and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by the Dalkon Shield Claimants' Committee from the district court's order denying the Committee's motion pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1104 (1987) for the appointment of a United States trustee for A.H. Robins Company. The issue before us is whether the court was obligated to appoint a trustee to manage Robins after the court found Robins in civil contempt of its Order barring Robins from selectively paying off pre-petition...

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