IN RE BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC.

Bankruptcy No. 97-31372, Adversary Nos. 97-3051, 97-3106 to 97-3109, 97-3113, 97-3123, 97-3132, 97-3170, 97-3178, 97-3181, 97-3199, 97-3144 to 97-3166, 97-3168, 97-3182, 97-3202, 97-3210 to 97-3212, 97-3232, 97-3241, 97-3252, 98-3006 to 98-3008, 97-3111, 97-3133, 97-3135, 97-3136, 97-3185, 97-3231, 97-3258.

220 B.R. 932 (1998)

In re BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., Debtor. BENEFICIAL NATIONAL BANK USA, Plaintiff, v. BEST RECEPTIONS SYSTEMS, INC., Defendants (5 Cases). Geneva JOHNSON, Joel Stephenson, Plaintiffs, v. RICKLES ELECTRONICS & SATELLITES, et al., Defendants. Donald HICKS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SKY-LINK CABLE, INC., et al., Defendants. Sykes POTTER, Plaintiff, v. STAR VISION, INC., Defendant. Mary WILLIAMS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Maurice STINSON, et al., Defendants. Robert BLAYLOCK, Plaintiff, v. STAR VIEW WIRELESS CABLE, INC., Defendants. Angela R. SMITH, Plaintiff, v. C.A.M.P. UNLIMITED, INC., et al., Defendants. James ANDERSON, Plaintiff, v. BENEFICIAL NATIONAL BANK USA, Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff. Michael COAKER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GULF COAST ELECTRONICS, Defendant. Timmy HOLIFIELD, Plaintiff, v. GULF COAST ELECTRONICS, et al., Defendants. Jery COAKER, Plaintiff, v. GULF COAST ELECTRONICS, Defendant. Doris MOBLEY, Plaintiff, v. CABLE UNLIMITED, et al., Defendants. Mary CAMPBELL, Plaintiff, v. CABLE VIEW, INC., Defendant. Dorothy PORTIS, Plaintiff, v. CABLEVIEW, INC., et al., Defendants. Aestean YOUNG, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Wayne DILLARD, Plaintiff, v. HOME CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., et al., Defendants. Len ANDERSON, Plaintiff, v. BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Judith M. EDWARDS, Plaintiff, v. STAR VIDEO SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Patricia Moss MAHONE, Plaintiff, v. BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Willie George McCALL, Plaintiff, v. C.A.M.P. CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., et al., Defendants. Duffie GOLDSMITH, Plaintiff, v. C.A.M.P. CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., et al., Defendants. Robert L. BATTLE, Plaintiff, v. BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Moses L. SMITH, Plaintiff, v. BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Roosevelt McCALL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. C.A.M.P. CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., et al., Defendants. James MERRIWETHER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., et al., Defendants. Mae B. STEWART, Plaintiff, v. C.A.M.P. CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., et al., Defendants. Starling BROWN, Plaintiff, v. HOME CABLE CONCEPTS, Defendant. Jessie M. STINSON, Plaintiff, v. BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Ivy HOWARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Clarence E. WHEELER, Plaintiff, v. HOME CABLE CONCEPTS, Defendant. Oscar PENN, Plaintiff, v. Pearl GAUNTT, et al., Defendants. Horace JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. C.A.M.P. CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., et al., Defendants. Steven H. FISHER, Plaintiff, v. ALABAMA CABLEVISION, INC., Defendant. Gary TIDWELL, Plaintiff, v. BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., Sky-Line Cable, Defendants. Keith CALDWELL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. HOME CABLE CONCEPTS OF TENNESSEE, INC., et al., Defendants. Christopher B. SEALE, Plaintiff, v. HOME CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., Defendant. Alice THREATT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. COMBINED CABLE SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Ian RICHARDS, Plaintiff, v. HOME VIDEO ELECTRONICS, INC., Defendant. Preston BALLARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GULF COAST ELECTRONICS, INC., et al., Defendants. Eddie CUSTARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. HOME CABLE CONCEPTS OF TENNESSEE, INC., et al., Defendants. Ethel FIKES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. HOME CABLE CONCEPTS OF TENNESSEE, INC., et al., Defendants. HOME CABLE CONCEPTS OF TENNESSEE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. HOUSEHOLD RETAIL SERVICES, INC., Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff. Elaine Hackman SMITH, Plaintiff, v. RTO CABLE SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Larue PERRYMAN, Plaintiff, v. SATELLITE CONNECTIONS, INC., et al., Defendants. Howard ESCO, Plaintiff, v. C.A.M.P. UNLIMITED, INC., et al., Defendants. James J. DAVIS, Plaintiff, v. The SOURCE CARD, et al., Defendants. Gladys FREEMAN, Plaintiff, v. H & H CABLE SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Jimmy JACKSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. C.A.M.P. CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., et al., Defendants. Julius LANIER, Plaintiff, v. SPS TRANSACTION SERVICES, INC., et al., Defendants. Ethel JENKINS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. HURLEY STATE BANK, Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee.

March 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Memory & Gilliland, L.L.C., Von G. Memory, Montgomery, AL, Jenkins & Jenkins, Michael H. Fitzpatrick, Knoxville, TN, for Plaintiffs in Adversary Proceeding Nos. 97-3135, 97-3136, 97-3146, 97-3150, 97-3151, 97-3153, and 97-3165.

King, Ivey & Warren, Barry A. Ragsdale, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs in Adversary Proceeding Nos. 97-3123, 97-3162, 97-3185, 97-3202, 97-3241, 98-3006, 98-3007, and 98-3008.

Azar & Azar, George B. Azar, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiffs in Adversary Proceeding Nos. 97-3164, 97-3168, and 97-3199.

Jackson, Taylor & Martino, P.C., Scott E. Denson, Mobile, AL, Gordon Ball, Knoxville, TN, for Plaintiffs in Adversary Proceeding No. 97-3149.

Parker & Mooty, P.C., Edward B. Parker, II, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiffs in Adversary Proceeding Nos. 97-3133, 97-3155, 97-3157, 97-3158, 97-3161, and 97-3163.

Ted L. Mann, P.C., Ted L. Mann, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs in Adversary Proceeding Nos. 97-3154 and 97-3181.

Hardin & Hawkins, Jeffrey G. Blackwell, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs in Adversary Proceeding Nos. 97-3156 and 97-3159.

Charles H. Morris, III, Selma, AL, for Plaintiffs in Adversary Proceeding No. 97-3231.

Neal H. Howard, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff in Adversary Proceeding No. 97-3252.

Roger K. Futson, Birmingham, AL, John M. Gibbs, Demopolis, AL, for Plaintiff in Adversary Proceeding No. 97-3258.

Walker & Walker, P.C., John A. Walker, Jr., Knoxville, TN, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Vincent Marriot, III, Philadelphia, PA, for Beneficial National Bank USA.

Walker & Walker, P.C., John A. Walker, Jr., Knoxville, TN, Sirote & Permutt, Stephen B. Porterfield, Wilson F. Green, Birmingham, AL, for Hurley State Bank.

Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Patrick Darby, Andrew J. Noble, Birmingham, AL, Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Richard B. Gossett, Nelwyn Inman, Knoxville, TN, for Household Retail Services, Inc.

Sasser & Walker, P.C., James T. Sasser, Rebecca A. Walker, Gadsden, AL, for Rickles Electronics & Satellites.

Kramer, Rayson, Leake, Rodgers & Morgan, Thomas M. Hale, Knoxville, TN, for Home Cable Concepts, Inc., Sonny Allen, Cecil Williams, Kevin Boyer, Gary Ganster, Max Billings, Emily Tallent and Webber Phavis.

Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, L.L.P., Michael W. Ewell, Knoxville, TN, for SuperStar Satellite Entertainment, Inc.

Carpenter & O'Connor, J. Gregory O'Connor, Knoxville, TN, for Cable Alternatives, Inc., Ray Ogle, John Coe, and Susan Ogle.

Johnny Hardwick, Montgomery, AL, for Camp Cable Concepts, Inc., Camp Unlimited, Inc., Leon C. Allen, Shirley Allen, Maurice Stinson, and Carl Hamilton.

Hodges, Doughty & Carson, Dean B. Farmer, Knoxville, TN, Weems & House, Kyle R. Weems, Chattanooga, TN, for Best Reception Systems, Inc.


MEMORANDUM ON JOINT MOTION TO ALTER OR AMEND JUDGMENT FILED BY DEFENDANTS BENEFICIAL NATIONAL BANK USA and HURLEY STATE BANK and PLAINTIFFS' MOTIONS FOR ABSTENTION AND/OR REMAND

RICHARD S. STAIR, Jr., Chief Judge.

All but one of the fifty-four adversary proceedings identified in the caption of this memorandum were transferred to this court from various bankruptcy courts in Alabama.1 These fifty-three actions...

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