IN RE FOXMEYER CORP.

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

230 B.R. 791 (1998)

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, Bart A. Brown, Chapter 7 Trustee, Intervenor-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.

November 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bickel & Brewer, by Mr. Michael Collins and Mr. Kennedy Barnes, Dallas, Texas, for Avatex Corporation.

Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, L.L.P, by Ms. Lorie R. Beers, New York City, for Bart A. Brown, Chapter 7 Trustee.

Hughes & Luce, L.L.P., by Mr. Danny S. Ashby, and Mr. Jim McCarthy, Dallas, Texas, for McKesson.

Arnold & Porter, by Mr. Daniel M. Lewis, Washington, D.C., for Glaxo, Inc.

Locke Purnell Rain Harrell, by Mr. Peter A. Franklin, III, Dallas, Texas, Pitney Hardin Kipp & Szuch, by Mr. Robert S. Burrick, Florham Park, New Jersey, for Schering-Plough Corporation.

Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & LaBoon, L.L.P., by Ms. Patricia Williams Prewitt and Mr. Jay Jaffe, Houston, Texas, for Eli Lilly.

Cohan, Simpson, Cowlishaw & Wulff, L.L.P., by Ms. Lee M. Simpson, Dallas, Texas, for Pfizer.

Thompson & Knight, by Ms. Laura Peterson Elkind, Dallas, Texas, for Janssen and Hoechst Marion.

Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, by Mr. James G. Vantine, Jr., Kalamazoo, Michigan, for Pharmica and Upjohn Company.

McCarter & English, L.L.P., by Ms. Lisa W.S. Bonsall, Newark, New Jersey, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., by Mr. Russell L. Reid, Jr., Dallas, Texas, for Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Gardere & Wynne, L.L.P., by Mr. Holland N. O'Neil, Dallas, Texas, for Zeneca, Inc.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., by Mr. Anthony W. Clark., Wilmington, Delaware, for McKessen Corporation.

Akin, Gump, Straussauer & Feld, L.L.P., by Mr. David F. Stabler, Dallas, Texas, for Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

STEVEN A. FELSENTHAL, Bankruptcy Judge.

Avatex Corporation, f/k/a FoxMeyer Health Corporation, moves the court to remand this matter to the 95th Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas. Bart A. Brown, Jr., the intervenor plaintiff and the Chapter 7 trustee of the bankruptcy estates of FoxMeyer Corporation, et al., and the defendants oppose the motion. The court conducted a hearing on the motion on October 16, 1998...

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