IN RE E. & SO. DISTRICTS ASBESTOS LITIGATION

No. S-91-66.

800 F.Supp. 643 (1992)

In re JOINT EASTERN & SOUTHERN DISTRICTS ASBESTOS LITIGATION. In re JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, et al., Debtors. Bernadine K. FINDLEY, as Executrix of the Estate of Hilliard Findley, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Donald M. BLINKEN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

August 26, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Frankel, Christopher Q. King, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, Ill., Elena Z. Kezelis, Springfield, Ill., for Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust.

James Walker, James Wylder, James Walker, Ltd., Bloomington, Ill., for Respondent James Walker.


OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

Are collateral attacks interposed against a foreign contempt judgment and resulting sanctions, registered for enforcement in this district pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1962, properly considered by this Court?

In this case, absolutely not!

I. Factual Background

On August 26, 1982, Manville Corporation and certain affiliated entities ("Manville") filed a petition for reorganization under...

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