IN RE FOXMEYER CORP.

Bankruptcy Nos. 96-1329 (HSB) to 96-1334(HSB), Adversary No. 397-3052.

217 B.R. 511 (1997)

In re FOXMEYER CORP., Foxmeyer Drug Co., Healthcare Transportation System, Inc., Merchandise Coordinator Services Corp., Foxmeyer Software, Inc., and Healthmart, Inc., Debtors. FOXMEYER HEALTH CORP., Plaintiff, v. McKESSON CORP., Pfizer, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Glaxo Wellcome PLC, Eli Lilly and Co., Wyeth-Ayers Laboratories, Inc., Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., Schering-Plough Corp., Amgen, Inc., Smithkline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Co., Zeneca, Inc., Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc., and Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc., Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division.

August 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Fournier, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, L.L.P., Wilmington, DE, Daniel M. Lewis, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Walker C. Friedman, Michael T. Cooke, Murray W. Camp, Friedman, Young & Suder, Fort Worth, TX, for Glaxo Wellcome, P.L.C.

Robert B. Anderson, McCarter & English, Wilmington, DE, Lisa S. Bonsall, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ, Douglas D. Broadwater, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, William D. Sims, Jr., Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Scott J. Atlas, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

Peter A. Franklin, III, Locke Purnell Rain Harrell, Dallas, TX, Robert S. Burrick, Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch, Morristown, NJ, for Schering-Plough Corporation.

Jay Jaffe, Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, IN, David Stratton, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, L.L.P., Wilmington, DE, John H. Marks, Jr., Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & Laboon, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Patricia L. Jones, Patricia Williams Prewitt, Lidell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & Laboon, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Eli Lilly and Co.

Paul J. Brennan, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, Philadelphia, PA, David R. McAtee, Scott R. Jacobs, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for American Home Products Corp.

John B. Wyss, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, Lee M. Simpson, Kurt A. Schwarz, Cohan, Simpson, Cowlishaw & Wulff, L.L.P., Dalas, TX, for Pfizer, Inc.

Mark E. MacDonald, Baker & McKenzie, Dallas, TX, for Amgen, Inc.

David E. Everson, Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, P.C., Kansas City, MO, for Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc.

William F. Cavanaugh, Jr., Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, for Janssen Pharaceutica, Inc.

Joel H. Levitin, Dechert Price & Rhoads, New York City, Stephanie A. Smith, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Dan D. Davison, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., Robert A. Baime, Dechert Price & Rhoads, New York City, for SmithKline Beecham Corporation.

D. Scott Wise, Vincent T. Chang, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York City, Joe B. Harrison, William G. Whitehill, Gardere & Wynne, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Zeneca, Inc.

James G. Vantine, Jr., Erich H. Hintzen, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., Kalamazoo, MI, for Pharmacia & Upjohn Company.

Anthony W. Clark, Karen M. Babb, Skadden, Arps, Slater, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., Wilmington, DE, Robert H. Mow, Kim Askew, James D. McCarthy, Craig W. Budner, Hughes & Luce, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Jay J. Madrid, Madrid & Brooks, P.C., Dallas, TX, for McKesson Corporation.

Jay W. Eisenhofer, Megan D. McIntyre, Grant & Eisenhower, Wilmington, DE, William A. Brewer, III, Michael J. Collins, Michael L. Gaubert, Bickel & Brewer, Dallas, TX, for Avatex Corporation f/k/a FoxMeyer Health Corporation.

Steven K. Kortanek, Phillips, Goldman & Spence, Wilmington, DE, Bart Brown, Jr., Chapter 7 Trustee, c/o David Rosner, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, New York City, for Chapter 7 Trustee of FoxMeyer Corporation, FoxMeyer Drug Company, Health Care Transportation System, Inc., Merchandise Coordinator Services Corp., FoxMeyer Software, Inc., and HealthMart, Inc.

Bruce S. Sostek, Thompson & Knight, APC, Dallas, TX, for Janssen Pharaceutica, Inc., Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

STEVEN A. FELSENTHAL, Bankruptcy Judge.

McKesson Corp., et al., defendants, move the court to transfer venue of this adversary proceeding to the District of Delaware. The plaintiff, FoxMeyer Health Corporation, opposes the motion and, instead, moves the court to remand the action to the 95th Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas. McKesson and other defendants request that the motion for remand or abstention be...

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