IN RE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF PORTLAND IN OR.

No. 04-37154 ELP11.

338 B.R. 414 (2006)

In re ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP of PORTLAND in OREGON, and Successors, A Corporation Sole, dba the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon, Debtor.

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Oregon.

January 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allison R Axenrod, New York, NY, Bradley O. Baker, Lake Oswego, OR, Ron Baskin, Morgan Lewis and Bockius LLP, New York, NY, John Bassett, MilWaukie, OR, John A Bennett, Portland, OR, Steven C. Berman, Portland, OR, Gary A Bisaccio, Portland, OR, Raymond Bradley, Eugene, OR, Kelly WG Clark, Portland, OR, Jonathan E. Cohen, Portland, OR, Timothy J. Conway, Portland, OR, Brad Copeland, Eugene, OR, Debra A. Dandeneau, New York, NY, David A. Foraker, Portland, OR, Russell D. Garrett, Vancouver, WA, James A. Hayes, Jr., Newport Beach, CA, Neil T. Jorgenson, Portland, OR, Richard C. Josephson, Portland, OR, Pamela J Griffith, Portland, OR, Albert N. Kennedy, Portland, OR, John L. Langslet, Portland, OR, Peter C. McKittrick, Portland, OR, Craig McMillin, Salem, OR, Peter C. McKittrick, Portland, OR, Timothy J. McNamara, Lafayette, LA, Karl I. Mullen, Portland, OR, Eric J. Neiman, Portland, OR, William D. Okrent, Beaverton, OR, Erin K. Olson, Portland, OR, David Paul, Portland, OR, David L. Slader, Portland, OR, Gregory A. Smith, Greg Smith, R.N., P.C., Salem, OR, N. Robert Stoll, Portland, OR, Brad T. Summers, Portland, OR, William C. Tharp, Boise, ID, Catherine S. Travis, Portland, OR, Heather J. Van Meter, Portland, OR, Robert J. Vanden Bos, Portland, OR, Frederick C. Ruby, Dept. of Justice, Salem, OR, for Creditors.

Thomas V. Dulcich, Portland, OR, James M. Finn, Portland, OR, Susan Stevens Ford, Portland, OR, Tiffany A. Harris, Portland, OR, Margaret Hoffman, Portland, OR, L. Martin Nussbaum, Colorado Springs, CO, Seattle, WA, Thomas W. Stilley, Portland, OR, for Debtors.

Teresa H. Pearson, Portland, OR, for Miller Nash LLP, Attorney.

Thomas C Sand, Portland, OR, for Miller Nash LLP, Spec. Counsel.

Pamela J. Griffith, Portland, OR, United States Trustee.


MEMORANDUM OPINION (Motions for Relief from Stay, Remand, and Abstention)

ELIZABETH PERRIS, Bankruptcy Judge.

The issue before the court is whether to allow more than 100 tort claimants in this Chapter 11 case to proceed in state court to liquidate their claims for distribution purposes. The claimants have filed motions for relief from stay in the main bankruptcy case and motions to remand and/or abstain in the tort claim adversary proceedings. For the reasons...

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