In re MAXWELL COMMUNICATION CORPORATION plc, by Andrew Mark HOMAN, Colin Graham Bird, Jonathan Guy Anthony Phillips and Alan Rae Dalziel Jamieson, its Joint Administrators, Debtor.
MAXWELL COMMUNICATION CORPORATION plc, by Andrew Mark HOMAN, Colin Graham Bird, Jonathan Guy Anthony Phillips and Alan Rae Dalziel Jamieson, its Joint Administrators, Plaintiff-Appellant,
Richard A. Gitlin, Examiner, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
SOCIETE GENERALE, Barclays Bank plc, National Westminster Bank plc, Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 10, 1996.
Decided August 21, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kenneth N. Klee, Cambridge, Massachusetts (John J. Jerome, John G. Gellene, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York City, of counsel), for Appellant Maxwell Communication Corp.
G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., Hartford, Connecticut (Evan D. Flaschen, Scott H. Rothstein, Hebb & Gitlin, Hartford, Connecticut, of counsel), for Appellant Richard A. Gitlin.
Allan L. Gropper, New York City (Jennifer L. Sheppard, White & Case, New York City, of counsel), for Appellee Société Générale.
Thomas C. Rice, New York City (Steven Fuhrman, Dennis C. O'Donnell, Ian Yankwitt, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, of counsel), for Appellee Barclays Bank.
John Dickey, New York City (James H. Carter, Tamar Feder, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City; Henry L. King, Karen E. Wagner, Robert R. Strang, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York City, of counsel), for Appellee National Westminster Bank.
Before: CARDAMONE, ALTIMARI, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
The demise of the late British media magnate Robert Maxwell and that of the corporation bearing his name, the Maxwell Communication Corporation plc, followed a similar and scandalous path, spawning civil and criminal litigation in England and around the world. This case illustrates that some positive consequences have resulted from these parallel demises. From Maxwell's mysterious death, which forced...
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