IN RE AMERICAN PAD & PAPER CO.

Nos. 05-1379, 05-1380, 05-1381, 05-1382.

478 F.3d 546 (2007)

In re AMERICAN PAD & PAPER COMPANY, Debtor. Steven G. Singer, Chapter 7 Trustee, Appellant v. Franklin Boxboard Co. a/k/a Franklin Boxboard Company; Bennington Paperboard Company, Divisions of the Newark Group Inc. Margaret Harrison, Trustee. In re American Pad & Paper Company, Debtor. Steven G. Singer, Chapter 7 Trustee, Appellant v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation d/b/a/ Neenah Papers. Margaret Harrison, Trustee. In re American Pad & Paper Company, Debtor. Steven G. Singer, Chapter 7 Trustee, Appellant v. Frontier Communications of America Inc.; Frontier Communications of Fairmont Inc.; Frontier Communications of Georgia Inc., d/b/a Frontier Communications Service. Margaret Harrison, Trustee. In re American Pad & Paper Company, Debtor. Steven G. Singer, Chapter 7 Trustee, Appellant v. Strategic Paper Group, LLC. Margaret Harrison, Trustee.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed March 2, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Singer (Argued), Cooch & Taylor, Wilmington, DE, Attorney for Appellant Steven G. Singer.

Jeffrey M. Schlerf, The Bayard Firm, Wilmington, DE, Bruce Buechler, Lowenstein Sandler, Roseland, NJ, Attorneys for Appellees Franklin Boxboard Co. and Bennington Paperboard Co.

Katherine M. Perhach, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, Attorney for Appellee Fox River Paper Co.

George M. Cheever, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, Pittsburgh, PA, Attorney for Appellee W + D Machinery Co., Inc.

Joseph J. Bodnar, Monzack & Monaco, Wilmington, DE, Attorney for Appellees W + D Machinery Co., Inc., and Fibermark Inc.

John J. Schmidt, Dinsmore & Shohl, Cincinnati, OH, Victoria W. Counihan, Dennis A. Meloro, Greenberg Traurig, Wilmington, DE, Attorneys for Appellee JBM Envelope Co., Inc.

Christopher P. Simon, Cross & Simon, Wilmington, DE, Attorney for Appellee Dwyer Associates, Inc.

Ashley B. Stitzer, The Bayard Firm, Wilmington, DE, Attorney for Appellees Beautone Specialties and Crown Roll Leaf Inc.

E. Franklin Childress, Jr., Baker, Donelson, Bearman, & Caldwell, Memphis, TN, Stephanie A. Fox, Maron, Marvel, Bradley & Anderson, Wilmington, DE, Attorneys for Appellees Champion International Corp., Nationwide Papers, International Paper Co., d/b/a Beckett Papers, d/b/a XPEDX, d/b/a Strathmore Paper Co., d/b/a Queen City Paper Co.

David M. Fournier, Pepper Hamilton, Wilmington, DE, Michael H. Traison, Donald J. Hutchinson (Argued), Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Detroit, MI, Attorneys for Appellees Georgia Pacific Corp, Great Northern Nekoosa Corp., Unisource Worldwide, Fort James Corp., d/b/a Fort James Communications Papers.

Kathleen M. Miller, Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow, Wilmington, DE, Attorney for Appellee Kimberly Clark Corp.

Lisa C. McLaughlin, Phillips, Goldman & Spence, Wilmington, DE, Attorney for Appellees Frontier Communications, Frontier Communications of America, Inc., Frontier Communications GA, Inc., and Strategic Paper Group.

Gilbert L. Hamberg, Yardley, PA, Attorney for Appellees Frontier Communications, Frontier Communications of America, Inc., and Frontier Communications GA, Inc.

David N. Crapo, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Newark, NJ, Attorney for Appellee Strategic Paper Group.

Before SLOVITER, CHAGARES, and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

Section 546(a) of the Bankruptcy Code sets a two-year limit for the commencement of avoidance actions on behalf of the bankruptcy estate to recover money or property transfers. This provision was amended in 1994 to provide an additional year for such actions running from the date of the appointment or election of certain trustees, if such appointment or election occurs before the expiration of the aforementioned...

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