MATTER OF UNR INDUSTRIES, INC.

Nos. 93-1510 and 93-2268.

20 F.3d 766 (1994)

In the Matter of: UNR INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Debtors. Appeals of Unarco Bloomington Factory Workers.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 5, 1994.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied May 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Walker, Bloomington, IL, Pamela S. Hollis (argued), Donald E. Johnson, Kimberly M. Centella, Hollis & Johnson, Chicago, IL, for Unarco Bloomington Factory Workers.

Janet S. Baer, Neal L. Wolf, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and Class 4 Disbursing Agent.

Joel R. Nathan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, IL, Neal L. Wolf, Winston & Strawn, Louis W. Levit, Robert L. Baker, Ross & Hardies, Richard G. Smolev, Sachnoff & Weaver, Robert B. Chatz, Arvey, Hodes, Costello & Burman, Kevin M. Forde, J. William Cuncannan, Defrees & Fiske, Matthew J. Botica, Hopkins & Sutter, James C. Murray, Jr., Katten, Muchin & Zavis, John F. White, McKenna, Storer, Rowe, White & Farrug, Clifford Meacham, Dept. of Justice, United States Trustee, Richard M. Bendix, Jr., Bret A. Rappaport, Asst. Atty. Gen., Malcolm M. Gaynor (argued), Paul J. Gaynor, Schwartz, Cooper, Kolb & Gaynor, James P. Hemmer, Kimberly K. Sawyer, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, IL, Gene Locks, Grietzer & Locks, Philadelphia, PA, James B. Burns, Office of U.S. Atty., Chicago, IL, George A. Davidson (argued), Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, New York City, David F. Heroy, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, Chicago, IL, for UNR Industries, Inc.

Bret A. Rappaport, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul J. Gaynor, Schwartz, Cooper, Kolb & Gaynor, Chicago, IL, for UNR Inc., Unarco Industries, Inc., UNR-Rohn, Inc. (Alabama), Jobal Tube Co., Inc., Folding Carrier Corp., UNR-Rohn, Inc. (Indiana).

Before COFFEY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and CURTIN, District Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied May 27, 1994.*

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Twelve years ago, claims based on exposure to asbestos UNR Industries had manufactured or sold were rolling in, with no end in sight and a correspondingly slim chance of satisfying all current and future claims. UNR commenced a reorganization in bankruptcy, the first asbestos manufacturer to...

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