CROWTHERS McCALL PATTERN, INC. v. LEWIS

No. 89 Civ. 5971(MEL).

114 B.R. 407 (1990)

CROWTHERS McCALL PATTERN, INC., Debtor-in-Possession, Plaintiff, v. Reginald F. LEWIS, Shearson Lehman/American Express, Inc., Shearson Lehman Brothers Group Inc., Shearson TLC, Shearson Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Shearson Lehman Brothers International, Inc., Shearson Lehman Brothers Capital Partners I, Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc., Bankers Trust Company, Earle K. Angstadt, Jr., Samuel P. Peabody, Richard J. Olivarez, Jean S. Fugett, Robert C. DeJongh, Sanford Cloud, Jr., Marilda G. Alfonso, Lee A. Archer, Jr., and James E. Obi, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

May 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosenman & Colin, New York City, for plaintiff; Robert W. Gottlieb, Arthur S. Linker, Sandy A. Wald, Carole R. Bernstein, of counsel.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York City, for defendants Shearson Lehman/American Exp. Inc., Shearson Lehman Brothers Group Inc., Shearson TLC Inc., Shearson Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc., Shearson Lehman Bros. Intern. Inc., Shearson Lehman Bros. Capital Partners I and Shearson Lehman Bros. Inc.; Joseph T. Baio, Douglas Young Peters, George B. Schwab, of counsel.

Moses & Singer, New York City, for defendant Bankers Trust Co.; David B. Eizenman, David B. Picker, Moses & Singer, Jack H. Weiner, Bankers Trust Co., of counsel.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for individual defendants; Mark H. Alcott, Stuart M. Cobert, Melissa T. Rosse, Antony J. Blinken, Adam Mitzner, Nancy L. Bertolino, of counsel.


LASKER, District Judge.

Various defendants move for an order, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), dismissing the complaint on the grounds that the Unsecured Creditors' Committee (the "Creditors' Committee") was not authorized to commence this action and may not pursue it in the name of and on behalf of Crowthers McCall Pattern, Inc. (the "Debtor"), or, in the alternative, for an order remanding the action to the bankruptcy court for a hearing to determine whether such...

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