IN RE CHARTER CO.

No. 88-3146.

876 F.2d 861 (1989)

In re The CHARTER COMPANY, et al., Debtors. The CHARTER COMPANY and Charter Oil Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DIOXIN CLAIMANTS, Defendants-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Busey, Waddell A. Wallace, III, Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Howard J. Sedran, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant-appellee.

Before HILL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question of whether the motion for relief from the automatic stay filed by the bankruptcy claimants constituted an informal proof of claim. Upon the particular facts and circumstances of this case, we hold that it does.

I. BACKGROUND

The appellees ("claimants") in this case are plaintiffs or potential plaintiffs in a large number of civil actions in Missouri. The suits, which are against the Independent...

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