IN RE FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 02-50557-JWV.

305 B.R. 490 (2003)

In re FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Debtors.

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri.

December 29, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cassandra L. Writz, Cynthia Dillard Parres, Laurence M. Frazen, Mark G. Stingley, Michelle M. Masoner, Robert M. Thompson, Staci O. Schorgl, Tammee E. McVey, Bryan, Cave LLP, Kansas City, MO, Frank W. Lipsman, Morton, Hubbard, Ruzicka & Kreamer, Olathe, KS, Gene A. DeLeve, Berman, Deleve, Kuchan & Chapman, Michael D. Hockley, Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne, Kansas City, MO, Thomas R. Graham, King & Spalding LLP, Washington, DC, for Debtors.

Jerry L. Phillips, Paula C. Acconcia, Office of the U.S. Trustee, Erlene W. Krigel, Krigel & Krigel, P.C., Kansas City, MO, Jerrold A. Wanek, Garten & Wanek, Des Moines, IA, Alvin D. Shapiro, Shapiro, Manson & Karbank, Overland Park, KS, Thomas M. Franklin, John Joseph Cruciani, Blackwell, Sanders, Peper, Martin LLP, Neil L. Johnson, Berkowitz, Stanton, Brandt, Williams & Shaw, Kansas City, MO, for Interested Party.

Brian M. Devling, Husch & Eppenberger, Kansas City, MO, Christopher A. Artzer, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Houston, TX, Christopher J. Redmond, Gary D. Barnes, Marcus Alan Helt, Husch & Eppenberger, Kansas City, MO, Henry J. Kaim, S. Margie Venus, Houston, TX, Daniel J. Flanigan, James E. Bird, Polsinelli, Shalton & Welte PC, Kansas City, MO, Kathleen R. Pasulka-Brown, Mark L. Prager, Michael J. Small, William J McKenna, Foley & Lardner, Chicago, IL, for Creditor Committee.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JERRY W. VENTERS, Bankruptcy Judge.

The pending matter in this Chapter 11 case requires the Court to delve into the muddy waters of bankruptcy procedure, a generally uncharted area that is all too often given irreverent acknowledgment by courts and practitioners alike. In particular, the present matter blurs the distinctions between adversary actions and claims proceedings — both of which have distinct rules.

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