IN RE U.S. BRASS CORP.

Bankruptcy No. 94-40823. Adv. No. 94-4081.

173 B.R. 1006 (1994)

In re UNITED STATES BRASS CORPORATION, Debtor. UNITED STATES BRASS CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO., et al., Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Texas, Sherman Division.

October 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Plevin, Amy J. Mauser, Alexandre deGramont, Mark D. Taylor, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC, for CIGNA Specialty Ins. Co.

Michael A. Rosenthal, Robert B. Krakow, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Dallas, TX, for defendants Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., Highlands Ins. Co., Employers Mut. Cas. Co., Granite State Ins. Co., Nat. Union Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, Intern. Ins. Co., The North River Ins. Co., Lexington Ins. Co., Royal Ins. Co. and Nat. Surety Corp.

Maryann C. Hayes, Mary E. Gootjes, Bates Meckler Bulger & Tilson, Chicago, IL, for defendants Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. and Highlands Ins. Co.

Thomas B. Keegan, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Chicago, IL, for defendant Employers Mut. Cas. Co.

Edward C. Purcell, Robert A. Chaney, Purcell & Wardrope, Chicago, IL, for defendants Granite State Ins. Co. and Nat. Union Ins. Co., of Pittsburgh, PA.

Jeffrey A. Goldwater, Matthew J. Fink, Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey, Chicago, IL, for defendants Intern. Ins. Co. and North River Ins. Co.

John S. Roadhouse, Conklin & Roadhouse, Chicago, IL, for defendants Lexington Ins. Co. and Royal Ins. Co.

Jay V. Krafsur, Eric L. Routman, Rivkin, Radler & Kremer, Chicago, IL, for defendant Nat. Surety Corp.

W. Neil Rambin, David W. Parham, Ernest Leonard, Strasburger & Price, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Mitchell Goldgehn, James A. Smith, Aronberg, Goldgehn, Davis & Garmisa, Chicago, IL, for defendant Allstate Ins. Co., as Successor in Interest to Northbrook Excess & Surplus Ins. Co.

Judith Elkin, Haynes and Boone, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Robert C. Johnson, Robert B. Millner, Gerald E. Fradin, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for defendants The Travelers Indem. Co. of Ill., The Travelers Indem. Co., and Constitution State Ins. Co.

Allen Butler, Clark, West, Keller, Butler & Ellis, Dallas, TX, Robert E. Sweeney, Jr., Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for defendant Zurich Intern. (Bermuda) Ltd.

David W. Parham, Strasburger & Price, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for defendants Gibraltar Cas. Co., Prudential Reinsurance Co., Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co., Old Republic Ins. Co., and First State Ins. Co.

Peter M. Sfikas, Clay H. Phillips, Peterson & Ross, Chicago, IL, for defendants Gibraltar Cas. Co. and Prudential Reinsurance Co.

Jose A. Isasi, II, Rooks, Pitts & Poust, Chicago, IL, for defendants Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co., Old Republic Ins. Co., and First State Ins. Co.

Roswald Shrull, Shrull & Associates, Fort Worth, TX, Lawrence E. Carr, Jr., Bridget L. Kyle, Carr, Goodson & Lee, Washington, DC, for defendant Harbor Ins. Co.

Jerry L. Beane, Strasburger & Price, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, John L. Hayob, Julie J. Gibson, Niewald, Waldeck & Brown, Kansas City, MO, for defendant Stonewall Ins. Co.

James E. Davis, Cozen & O'Connor, Dallas, TX, for defendant Federal Ins. Co.

Patrick Kelley, Ireland, Carroll & Kelley, P.C., Tyler, TX, for debtor.


OPINION

DONALD R. SHARP, Bankruptcy Judge.

COMES NOW before the Court for consideration Certain Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Abstain from Hearing Plaintiffs' Adversary Proceeding, Certain Defendants' Motion for Determination that Adversary Proceeding is Non-Core, Certain Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Adversary Proceeding Pending the Resolution of Earlier-Filed Related Litigation in...

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