In re: KENSINGTON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED and SPRINGFIELD ASSOCIATES, LLC, Petitioners.
In re: D.K. Acquisition Partners, L.P.; Fernwood Associates, L.P. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Petitioners.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued on December 12, 2003.
Opinion Filed: December 18, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Roy T. Englert, Jr. (argued), Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, Washington, DC, for Petitioners in 03-4212.
Richard Mancino (argued), Marc Abrams, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, New York, NY, Joanne B. Wills, Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers, Wilmington, DE, for Petitioners in 03-4526.
Charles O. Monk, II (argued), Saul Ewing, Baltimore, MD, Norman L. Pernick, J. Kate Stickles, Saul Ewing, Wilmington, DE, for Respondents Owens Corning et al.
David M. Bernick (argued), Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Respondent W.R. Grace & Co.
Elihu Inselbuch (argued), Caplin & Drysdale, New York, NY, Marla R. Eskin, Campbell & Levine, Wilmington, DE, for Respondent Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants of Owens Corning.
Michael J. Crames (argued), Kaye Scholar, New York, NY, Edwin J. Harron, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE, for Respondent James J. McMonagle.
Daniel K. Hogan, Law Offices of Daniel K. Hogan, Wilmington, DE, Sander L. Esserman, Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka, Dallas, TX, for Respondent Baron & Budd Claimants.
Jeffrey S. Trachtman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, New York, NY, Adam G. Landis, Rebecca L. Butcher, Landis, Rath & Cobb, Wilmington, DE, for Respondent Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.
Neal J. Levitsky, L. Jason Cornell, Fox Rothschild, Wilmington, DE, Henry W. Simon, Robert A. Simon, Simon & Simon, Fort Worth, TX, for Respondent Waters & Kraus.
Michael R. Lastowski, Duane Morris, Wilmington, DE, for Intervenor Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of USG Corp.
Mark E. Felger, Jeffrey R. Waxman, Cozen & O'Connor, Wilmington, DE, for Intervenor Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Stephen C. Neal (argued), Cooley Godward, Palo Alto, CA, Daniel J. DeFranceschi, Richards Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, for Amicus Curiae USG Corp.
Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation.
Before: FUENTES, SMITH and GARTH, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge.
We have before us two Emergency Petitions for a Writ of Mandamus. Both Petitions allege that a district court judge who has presided over five asbestos-related bankruptcies for the past two years has, through his association with certain advisors, created an appearance of partiality such that he must be disqualified from any further participation in those proceedings...
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