In re DOW CORNING CORPORATION, Debtor.
Class Five Nevada Claimants (00-2516); Janet S. Lacy, individually and on behalf of her minor child, Andrea Lane Atherton; Jama Nmi Russano, individually and as guardian for Richard Todd Russano; Michael Nmi Russano; Andrea Lane Atherton, Claimant, a minor; Richard Todd Russano, a minor; (00-2517); 1,300 Australian Tort Claimants (00-2518); Martha S. Jacobs (00-2520); Helen D. Schroeder (00-2521); Beatrix Shishido (00-2522); Pennsylvania Coordinated Silicone Breast Implant Litigation (00-2523); Karen L. Hustead (00-2524); Certain Foreign Claimants (00-2525); Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company; Hartford Fire Insurance Company; Nutmeg Insurance Company; First State Underwriters Agency of New England Reinsurance Corporation; Twin City Fire Insurance Company; Excess Insurance Company; First State Insurance Company (01-1001); United States of America (01-1102); New Zealand Claimants (01-1349), Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Dow Corning Corporation, Debtor; Official Committee of Tort Claimants; The Dow Chemical Company; Corning, Incorporated; Official Committee of Physician Creditors; Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company; Hartford Fire Insurance Company; Nutmeg Insurance Company; First State Underwriters Agency of New England Reinsurance Corporation; Twin City Fire Insurance Company; Excess Insurance Company; First State Insurance Company; Certain Lloyds of London Underwriters; Certain London Market Insurance Companies, Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 23, 2001.
Decided and Filed January 29, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John A. White, Jr. (argued and briefed), White Law Chartered, Reno, Nevada, David B. Goroff (argued and briefed), Foley & Lardner, Chicago, Illinois, Stephen H. Weiner (argued and briefed), Sybil Shainwald (briefed), Law Offices of Sybil Shainwald, New York, New York, Jeffrey Clair (argued and briefed), United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., William K. Flynn (briefed), Strauss & Troy, Cincinnati, Ohio, Ralph E. Brubaker (briefed), Conyers, Georgia, John P. Kopesky (briefed), Sheller, Ludwig & Badey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lewis J. Saul, Lewis Saul & Associates, Washington, D.C., Alan S. Levin (briefed), Incline Village, Nevada, for Appellants.
George H. Tarpley (argued and briefed), David L. Ellerbe (briefed), Neligan, Tarpley, Stricklin, Andrews & Foley, Dallas, Texas, James C. Schroeder (briefed), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Illinois, H. Jeffrey Schwartz, Mark A. Phillips, Mark D. Tucker (briefed), Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, Columbus, Ohio, Jill K. Schultz, Nixon Peabody (briefed), Rochester, New York, Richard McDermott, Leisa J. Hamm, Margaret M. Anderson (briefed), Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Illlinois, Jeff H. Galloway (briefed), Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, New York, New York, Kenneth H. Eckstein, Jeffrey Trachtman (briefed), Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, New York, New York, for Appellees.
Martha S. Jacobs (briefed), Tempe, Arizona, Helene D. Schroeder (briefed), Alexandria, Virginia, Beatrix Shishido (briefed), Mililani, Hawaii, Karen L. Hustead (briefed), Hesperia, California, pro se.
Before MARTIN, Chief Circuit Judge; DAUGHTREY and MOORE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Chief Circuit Judge.
Years after Dow Corning Corporation filed a petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, and following extensive and vigorous negotiations, the third proposed plan of reorganization for Dow was submitted to the bankruptcy court. The bankruptcy court confirmed the Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization for Dow and the district court affirmed the bankruptcy court's Confirmation Order...
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