GRADY v. A.H. ROBINS CO., INC.

Nos. 86-1691, 86-1692.

839 F.2d 198 (1988)

Rebecca GRADY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee. The Official Unsecured Creditors Committee of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated; Dalkon Shield Claimants' Committee; Official Committee of Equity Security Holders, Intervenor. LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR the FUTURE TORT CLAIMANTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee. The Official Unsecured Creditors Committee of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated; Dalkon Shield Claimants' Committee; Official Committee of Equity Security Holders, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley K. Joynes, III (Rilee, Cantor, Arkema & Edmonds, Samuel M. Walker, Jr., Coates & Comess, Richmond, Va., Stephen H. Fredkin, Salinas, Cal., on brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Harold S. Novikoff (Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on brief); Michael L. Cook (Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, Mays & Valentine, Richmond, Va., Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Berlack, Israels & Liberman, New York City, on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before RUSSELL, WIDENER and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Rebecca Grady and the Legal Representative of the Future Claimants appeal an order of the district court deciding that Mrs. Grady's claim against A.H. Robins Co., Inc. (Robins) arose prior to the date Robins sought protection under the Bankruptcy Code and therefore was subject to the automatic stay provision of 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)(1). In re A.H. Robins Co., Inc., 63 B.R. 986...

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