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

Nos. 88-3219, 88-3221, 88-3223, 88-3224 and 88-3226.

880 F.2d 779 (1989)

In re A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Debtor. Barbara BLUM, Ann E. Samani, Trustees-Appellants, v. UNNAMED CLAIMANTS, Claimant-Appellee, Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust, Party-in-interest, Official Committee of Equity Security Holders, Kenneth R. Feinberg; Stephen A. Saltzburg; Ralph R. Mabey, Examiner of the A.H. Robins Company, Inc., Amici Curiae. In re A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Debtor. Official Dalkon Shield Claimants' Committee, Party In Interest-Appellant, Unnamed Claimants, Claimant-Appellee, Official Committee of Equity Security Holders, Amicus Curiae, and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Party In Interest. In re A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Debtor. Barbara BLUM, Ann E. Samani, Trustees-Appellants, v. OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF EQUITY SECURITY HOLDERS, Amicus Curiae, Georgene M. Vairo, Appellee. In re A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Debtor. Gene LOCKS, Trustee-Appellant, v. UNNAMED CLAIMANTS, Claimant-Appellee, Official Committee of Equity Security Holders, Amicus Curiae. In re A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Debtor. Gene LOCKS, Trustee-Appellant, v. OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF EQUITY SECURITY HOLDERS, Amicus Curiae, Georgene M. Vairo, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter B. Edelman (Daniel G. Grove, Carol A. Joffe, Keck, Mahin & Cate, Washington, D.C., on brief), Mark C. Ellenberg, for appellants.

Joseph S. Friedberg, Minneapolis, Minn., (Stephen H. Fredkin, Salinas, Cal., Fredkin & Linker, Guerry R. Thornton, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., William G. Shields, Anderson, Parkerson & Shields, Samuel M. Walker, Jr., Richmond, Va., David M. Dorsen, Sachs, Greenebaum & Tayler, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellees.

(Robert M. Miller, Berlack, Israels & Liberman, New York City, on brief), for amicus curiae Official Committee of Equity Security Holders.

Before RUSSELL, WIDENER, and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.


CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

The appellants, Barbara Blum, Ann Samani and Gene Locks were named as three of the five trustees under the Dalkon Shield Claimants' Trust ("Trust") which was created as a part of the Plan of Reorganization ("Plan") of A.H. Robins ("Robins") under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Plan also created a Claims Resolution Facility ("CRF") to handle the settlement of claims against Robins resulting from its manufacture and sale of the Dalkon...

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