IN RE SAVAGE INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 93-2244.

43 F.3d 714 (1994)

In re SAVAGE INDUSTRIES, INC., Debtor. WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee, v. SAVAGE ARMS, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Rothschild, with whom Michael B. Katz, Susan Luttrell Burns and Bacon & Wilson, P.C., Springfield, MA, were on brief, for appellant.

Mark G. DeGiacomo, with whom James P. Rooney, Edward J. Rozmiarek and Roche, Carens & DeGiacomo, Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, CYR and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges.


CYR, Circuit Judge.

The question presented on appeal is whether the bankruptcy court properly enjoined a state-law based "successor productline liability" action in an Alaska court against an entity which had acquired a corporate chapter 11 debtor's assets by purchase and subject to an explicit disclaimer of liability on all unfiled claims relating to products manufactured by the chapter 11 debtor. On intermediate appeal, the district court vacated the injunction...

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