IN RE ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP.

No. 02-41729 (REG).

327 B.R. 175 (2005)

In re ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP., et al., Debtors.

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York.

June 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, by Marc Abrams, Esq. (argued), Paul V. Shalhoub, Esq., Brian E. O'Connor, Esq., Terence K. McLaughlin, Esq., Rachel C. Strickland, Esq., Morris J. Massel, Esq., Jamie M. Ketten, Esq., New York, NY, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP by Philip C. Korologos, Esq. (argued), George Carpinello, Esq., Eric Brenner, Esq., Armonk, NY, Covington & Burling by Alan Vinegrad, Esq., New York, NY, Foley & Lardner LLP, by Gregory S. Bruch, Esq., Washington, D.C., for Debtors and Debtors in Possession.

David N. Kelley, United States Attorney, by Richard D. Owens, Assistant United States Attorney, Christopher J. Clark, Assistant United States Attorney (argued), Judd C. Lawler, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY.

Dilworth Paxson LLP, by Lawrence G. McMichael, Esq. (argued), Martin J. Weis, Esq., Philadelphia, PA, Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP, by Gerard S. Catalanello, Esq., Shannon R. Wing, Esq., New York, NY, for the Rigases.

Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, by David M. Friedman, Esq. (argued), Adam L. Shiff, Esq., Jonathan E. Minsker, Esq., New York, NY, for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

Bragar Wexler Eagel & Morgenstern, P.C., by Peter D. Morgenstern, Esq. (argued), Gregory A. Blue, Esq., Eric B. Fisher, Esq., Andrew Buck, Esq., New York, NY, for the Official Committee of Equity Security Holders.

Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman LLP, by Bruce Bennett, Esq. (argued), James O. Johnston, Esq., Los Angeles, CA, by A. Brent Truitt, Esq., New York, NY, for the Ad Hoc Committee of ACC Senior Noteholders.

Seward & Kissel LLP, by Arlene R. Alves, Esq., New York, NY, for Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as ACC Senior Notes Trustee.

Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP, by Edward S. Weisfelner, Esq., New York, NY, by Steven D. Pohl, Esq. (argued), Boston, MA, for the Ad Hoc Adelphia Trade Claims Committee.

White & Case LLP, by J. Christopher Shore, Esq. (argued), Douglas P. Baumstein, Esq., New York, NY, by Thomas E. Lauria, Esq., John K. Cunningham, Esq., Gerard Uzzi, Esq., Miami, FL, for the Ad Hoc Committee of Arahova Noteholders.

Andrews Kurth LLP, by Peter S. Goodman, Esq. (argued), Justin R. Wyatt, Esq., New York, NY, by Hugh M. Ray, Esq., Houston, TX, for the Ad Hoc Committee of Senior Preferred Shareholders.

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, by Gregg L. Weiner, Esq., Gary Kaplan, Esq. (argued), Craig M. Price, Esq., New York, NY, for W.R. Huff Asset Management Co., L.L.C.

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, by David McCarty, Esq., Los Angeles, CA, for U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee in Respect of the Arahova Notes and the FrontierVision Notes.

Chapman and Cutler LLP, by James E. Spiotto, Esq., Ann Acker, Esq., Chicago, IL, for the Certain FrontierVision Noteholders.

Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP, by Edward P. Zujkowski, Esq., Martin Eisenberg, Esq., New York, NY, for The Bank of New York, as Indenture Trustee.

Haynes and Boone, LLP, by Judith Elkin, Esq., Glenn M. Kurtz, Esq., Karen M. Asner, Esq., New York, NY, by Thomas E. Kurth, Esq., Robin E. Phelan, Esq. (argued), Richard Anigian, Esq., Dallas, TX, for Bank of America, N.A.

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, by J. Robert Stoll, Esq., Robert J. Ward, Esq., Kenneth E. Noble, Esq. (argued), New York, NY, for Bank of Montreal, as Administrative Agent for the Olympus Lenders.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, by Peter Pantaleo, Esq. (argued), William T. Russell, Jr., Esq. (argued), New York, NY, for Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the UCA Lenders.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, by Luc A. Despins, Esq., New York, NY, for Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Century-TCI Lenders.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, by James C. Tecce, Esq., New York, NY, for JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Administrative Agent for the FrontierVision Lenders.

Luskin, Stern & Eisler LLP, by Michael Luskin, Esq., Trevor Hoffmann, Esq., New York, NY, for The Bank of Nova Scotia.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, by Mitchell A. Lowenthal, Esq. (argued), New York, NY, for 13 Investment Banks.

Chadbourne & Parke LLP, by Andrew P. Brozman, Esq., New York, NY, for Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc., and LCM I Limited Partnership.

Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, by William Slaughter, Esq. (argued), Philadelphia, PA, for Comcast.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, by Richard S. Toder, Esq. (argued), Neil E. Herman, Esq., New York, NY, for Century/ML Cable Venture.

Proskauer Rose LLP, by Bradley I. Ruskin, Esq. (argued), Jeffrey Levitan, Esq., Scott A. Eggers, Esq., Karen Coombs, Esq., New York, NY, for ML Media Partners, L.P.

Angel & Frankel, P.C., by Joshua J. Angel, Esq., Laurence May, Esq. (argued), John H. Drucker, Esq. (argued), Leonard H. Gerson, Esq., Kirby McInerney & Squire LLP, by Richard L. Stone, Esq., Mark A. Strauss, Esq., Abbey Gardy, LLP, by Arthur N. Abbey, Esq., Judith L. Spanier, Esq., Stephen T. Rodd, Esq., Richard B. Margolies, Esq., New York, NY, for Consolidated Class Action Plaintiffs.

Rutan & Tucker, LLP, by William M. Marticorena, Esq., Costa Mesa, CA, for the County of San Diego, California.

Miller & Van Eaton, LLP, by Kenneth A. Brunetti, Esq., San Francisco, CA, by William Malone, Esq., Washington, D.C., for the City of Carlsbad, California.


DECISION ON MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS

ROBERT E. GERBER, Bankruptcy Judge.

The Creditors' Committee, joined by certain unsecured creditors, moves, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 59 and 60(b), as made applicable to bankruptcy cases under Fed. R. Bankr.P. 2923 and 9024, for reconsideration of this Court's order approving the Debtors' settlement with the DoJ, SEC, and the Rigases, based on developments since this Court issued...

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