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IN RE A.H. ROBINS, INC.

Nos. 88-1750, 88-1754, 88-1756, 88-1758 to 88-1760, 88-1763 and 88-3602.

880 F.2d 694 (1989)

In re A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Debtor. (Eight Cases.) Rosemary MENARD-SANFORD; Karen Valenzuela; Constance Miller Engelsberg; Nancy Lauri Adams; Carolyn Harris, Claimants-Appellants, v. Ralph R. MABEY; The Official Committee of Equity Security Holders; The Official Unsecured Creditors Committee of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated; Stanley K. Joynes, III, Legal Representative of the Future Tort Claimants of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Parties-in-interest, A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Debtor-Appellee. Donna OBERG, et al., Claimants-Appellants, v. The OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF EQUITY SECURITY HOLDERS; The Official Unsecured Creditors Committee of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated; Stanley K. Joynes, III, Legal Representative of the Future Tort Claimants of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Parties-in-interest, A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Debtor-Appellee. Albert L. SIVLEY, Claimant-Appellant, v. The OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF EQUITY SECURITY HOLDERS; The Official Unsecured Creditors Committee of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated; Ralph R. Mabey; Stanley K. Joynes, III, Legal Representative of the Future Tort Claimants of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Parties-in-interest, A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Debtor-Appellee. Diana BROSCO; Catherine Crawford; Mary Fischer, et al., Claimants-Appellants, v. The OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF EQUITY SECURITY HOLDERS; The Official Unsecured Creditors Committee of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated; Ralph R. Mabey; Stanley K. Joynes, III, Legal Representative of the Future Tort Claimants of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Parties-in-interest, A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Debtor-Appellee. Lynn SCOTT; Carol Lopez, et al., Claimants-Appellants, v. The OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF EQUITY SECURITY HOLDERS; The Official Unsecured Creditors Committee of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated; Ralph R. Mabey; Stanley K. Joynes, III, Legal Representative of the Future Tort Claimants of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Parties-in-interest, A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Debtor-Appellee. Elaine CUMLEY; Laura Jones; Jean Abad, et al., Claimants-Appellants, v. The OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF EQUITY SECURITY HOLDERS; The Official Unsecured Creditors Committee of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated; Ralph R. Mabey; Stanley K. Joynes, III, Legal Representative of the Future Tort Claimants of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Parties-in-interest, A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Debtor-Appellee. Alexia ANDERSON, et al., Claimant-Appellant, v. Stanley K. JOYNES, III, Legal Representative of the Future Tort Claimants of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated; The Official Committee of Equity Security Holders; The Official Unsecured Creditors Committee of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated; Ralph R. Mabey, Parties-in-interest, A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Debtor-Appellee. Alexia ANDERSON, et al., Claimant-Appellant, v. The OFFICIAL UNSECURED CREDITORS COMMITTEE OF A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INCORPORATED; The Official Committee of Equity Security Holders; Ralph R. Mabey; Stanley K. Joynes, III, Legal Representative of the Future Tort Claimants of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Parties-in-interest, A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Debtor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan B. Morrison (Linda Donaldson, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., on brief), for claimants-appellants.

James Crawford Roberts (James S. Crockett, Jr., Mays & Valentine, Richmond, Va., Dennis J. Drebsky, Alesia Ranney-Marinelli, Kirk C. Loos, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, Ralph D. Pittle, Medical Legal Consultants of Washington, Seattle, Wash., John T. Baker, Bragg & Dubofsky, Denver, Colo., Joseph McDowell, Ill, Cullity, Kelly & McDowell, Manchester, N.H., W. Bradley Post, Post, Syrios & Bradshaw, Wichita, Kan., Frederic A. Bremseth, Doshan, Lord & Bremseth, Wayzata, Minn., Murray Drabkin, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Washington, D.C., Harold S. Novikoff, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, Henri E. Norris, Stanley K. Joynes, III, Rilee, Cantor, Arkema & Edmonds, Richmond, Va., Robert M. Miller, Berlack, Israels & Liberman, New York City, John S. Kinzey, Jr., Steven J. McCardell, Leboeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MaCrae, Salt Lake City, Utah, on brief), for debtor-appellee.

Before RUSSELL, WIDENER, and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

On July 26, 1988, the bankruptcy court and the district court jointly confirmed the "Sixth Amended and Restated Plan of Reorganization" (the Plan) submitted by A.H. Robins Company, Inc. (Robins). In Re A.H. Robins Co. Inc., 88 B.R. 742 (E.D.Va.1988). Rosemary Menard-Sanford and certain other personal injury claimants, who voted against the Plan, appeal. They challenge the district court's approval of the...

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