IN RE LTL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Nos. 22-2003, 22-2004, 22-2005, 22-2006, 22-0007, 22-2008, 22-2009, 22-2010, 22-2011.

64 F.4th 84 (2023)

IN RE: LTL MANAGEMENT, LLC, Debtor. LTL Management, LLC v. Those Parties Listed on Appendix A to Complaint and John and Jane Does 1-1000. *Official Committee of Talc Claimants, Appellant in case Nos. 22-2003, 22-2004 and 22-2005 *Official Committee of Talc Claimants; Patricia Cook; Evan Plotkin; Randy Derouen; Kristie Doyle, as estate representative of Dan Doyle; Katherine Tollefson; Tonya Whetsel, as estate representative of Brandon Wetsel; Giovanni Sosa; Jan Deborah Michelson-Boyle, Appellants in case Nos. 22-2006, 22-2007 and 22-2008 Arnold & Itkin LLP, on behalf of certain personal injury claimants represented by Arnold & Itkin, Appellant in case No. 22-2009 Aylstock Witkin Kreis & Overholtz PLLC, on behalf of more than three thousand holders of talc claims, Appellant in case Nos. 22-2010 and 22-2011 *(Amended per Court's Order dated 06/10/2022).

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

(Opinion filed: January 30, 2023.)

Entered March 31, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brad J. Axelrod, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, One Rodney Square, 920 North King Street, 7th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801, Caitlin K. Cahow, Brad B. Erens, Jones Day, 110 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4800, Chicago, IL 60606, Paul R. DeFilippo, Wollmuth, Maher & Deutsch, 500 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10110, Kristen R. Fournier, King & Spalding, 1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, Kathleen A. Frazier, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, 600 Travis Street, JP Morgan Chase Tower, Suite 3400, Houston, TX 77002, Gregory M. Gordon, Daniel B. Prieto, Mark W. Rasmussen, Amanda Rush, Jones Day, 2727 North Harwood Street, Suite 600, Dallas, TX 75201, Robert W. Hamilton, Jones Day, 901 Lakeside Avenue, North Point, Cleveland, OH 44114, James M. Jones, Jones Day, 500 Grant Street, Suite 4500, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Neal K. Katyal (Argued), Sean M. Marotta, Hogan Lovells US, 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W., Columbia Square, Washington, DC 20004, Glenn M. Kurtz, Jessica C. Lauria, White & Case, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, James N. Lawlor, Joseph F. Pacelli, Wollmuth, Maher & Deutsch, 500 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10110, C. Kevin Marshall, Jones Day, 51 Louisiana Avenue, N. W., Washington, DC 20001, John R. Miller, Jr., Miller, Kistler, Campbell, Miller, Williams & Benson, 124 North Allegheny Street, Bellefonte, PA 16823, Matthew L. Tomsic, Rayburn, Cooper, Durham, 227 West Trade Street, Suite 1200, Charlotte, NC 28202, Lyndon M. Treeter, Wollmuth, Maher & Deutsch, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10110, Counsel for Debtor-Appellee.

Melanie L. Cyganowski, Adam C. Silverstein, Otterbourg, 230 Park Avenue, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10169, Angelo J. Genova, Genova Burns, 494 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102, Jeffrey A. Lamken (Argued), MoloLamken, 600 New Hampshire Avenue, N. W., The Watergate, Washington, DC 20037, Jonathan S. Massey, Massey & Gail, 1000 Maine Avenue, S. W., Suite 450, Washington, DC 20024, David J. Molton, Michael S. Winograd, Brown Rudnick, 7 Times Square, 47th Floor, New York, NY 10036, Counsel for Petitioner-Appellant Official Committee of Talc Claimants.

Matthew I.W. Baker, Genova Burns, 494 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102, Sunni P. Beville, Shari I. Dwoskin, Jeffrey L. Jonas, Brown Rudnick, One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111, Donald W. Clarke, Wasserman, Jurista & Stolz, 110 Allen Road, Suite 304, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920, Daniel Stolz, Genova Burns LLC, 110 Allen Road, Suite 304, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920, Jennifer S. Feeney, Otterbourg, 230 Park Avenue, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10169, Leonard M. Parkins, Charles M. Rubio, Parkins & Rubio, 700 Milam Street, Pennzoil Place, Suite 1300, Houston, TX 77002, Robert J. Stark, Brown Rudnick, 7 Times Square, 47th Floor, New York, New York 10036, Counsel for Petitioner Official Committee of Talc Claimants I.

Ellen Relkin, Weitz & Luxemberg, 700 Broadway, New York, NY 10003, Counsel for Petitioner Patricia Cook.

Deepak Gupta, Jonathan E. Taylor, Matthew W.H. Wessler, Gupta Wessler, 2001 K Street, N.W., Suite 850 North, Washington, D.C. 20006, Counsel for Petitioners Evan Plotkin, Katherine Tollefson, Giovanni Sosa, Jan Deborah Michelson-Boyle.

Jerome Block, Amber Long, Moshe Maimon, Levy Konigsberg, 605 Third Avenue, 33rd Foor, New York, NY 10158, Counsel for Petitioner Randy Derouen.

John M. August, Saiber, 18 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 200, Florham Park, NJ 07932, Counsel for Petitioner Kristie Doyle, as estate representative of Dan Doyle.

Suzanne Ratcliffe, Clay Thompson, Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd, 150 West 30th Street, Suite 201, New York, NY 10001, Counsel for Petitioner Katherine Tollefson.

David A. Chandler, Karst & von Oiste, 505 Main Street, Port Jefferson, NY 11777, Counsel for Petitioner Tonya Whetsel.

Jeffrey M. Dine, Karen B. Dine, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, 780 Third Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10017, Matthew Drecun, David C. Frederick (Argued), Ariela Migdal, Gregory G. Rapawy, Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick, 1615 M Street, N.W., Sumner Square, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036, Laura D. Jones, Peter J. Keane, Colin R. Robinson, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, 919 North Market Street, P. O. Box 8705, 17th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801, Isaac M. Pachulski, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 2300, Los Angeles, CA 00067, Counsel for Respondent Arnold & Itkin, LLP.

Samuel M. Kidder, Nir Maoz, Robert J. Pfister, Michael L. Tuchin, Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern, 1801 Century Park East, 26th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067, Paul J. Winterhalter, Offit Kurman, 99 Wood Avenue South, Suite 302, Iselin, NJ 08830, Counsel for Respondent Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC.

Allen J. Underwood, II, Lite, DePalma, Greenberg & Afanador, 570 Broad Street, Suite 1201, Newark, NJ 07102, Counsel for Respondent DeSanto Canadian Class Action Creditors.

Mark Tsukerman, Cole Schotz, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10019, Felice C. Yudkin, Cole Schotz, 25 Main Street, Court Plaza North, P.O. Box 800, Hackensack, NJ 07601, Counsel for Respondent Claimants Represented by Barnes Law Group.

Arthur J. Abramowitz, Alan I. Moldoff, Ross J. Switkes, Sherman, Silverstein, Kohl, Rose & Podolsky, 308 Harper Drive, Suite 200, Eastgate Corporate Center, Moorestown, NJ 08057, Kevin W. Barrett, Maigreade B. Burrus, Bailey & Glasser, 209 Capitol Street, Charleston, WV 25301, Thomas B. Bennett, Brian A. Glasser, Bailey & Glasser, 1055 Thomas Jefferson Street, N.W., Suite 540, Washington, DC 20007, Michael Klein, Evan M. Lazerowitz, Lauren A. Reichardt, Erica J. Richards, Cullen D. Speckhart, Cooley, 55 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001, James C. Lanik, Jennifer B. Lyday, Thomas W. Waldrep, Waldrep, Wall, Babcock & Bailey, 370 Knollwood Street, Suite 600, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, Kevin L. Sink, Waldrep, Wall, Babcock & Bailey, 3600 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 210, Raleigh, NC 27612, Counsel for Respondent Official Committee of Talc Claimants II.

Lauren Bielskie, Jeffrey M. Sponder, Office of United States Trustee, 1085 Raymond Boulevard, One Newark Center, Suite 2100, Newark, NJ 07102, Sean Janda (Argued), United States Department of Justice, Appellate Section, Room 720, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20530, Counsel for Amicus Appellant United States Trustee.

Cory L. Andrews, John M. Masslon, II, Washington Legal Foundation, 2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20036, Counsel for Amicus Appellee Washington Legal Foundation.

R. Craig Martin, DLA Piper, 1202 North Market Street, Suite 2100, Wilmington, DE 19801, Ilana H. Eisenstein, DLA Piper, 1650 Market Street, One Liberty Place, Suite 5000, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Counsel for Amici Appellees United States Chamber of Commerce and American Tort Reform Association.

Natalie D. Ramsey, Robinson & Cole, 1650 Market Street, One Liberty Place, Suite 3030, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Counsel for Amicus Appellant Erwin Chemerinsky.

Jaime A. Santos, Benjamin T. Hayes, Goodwin Procter, 1900 N. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20036, Counsel for Amici Appellees National Association of Manufacturers and Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Sean E. O'Donnell, Stephen B. Selbst, Steven B. Smith, Herrick Feinstein, 2 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016, Counsel for Amici Appellants Kenneth Ayotte, Susan Block-Lieb, Jared Ellias, Bruce A. Markell, Yesha Yadav, Robert K. Rasmussen and Diane Lourdes Dick.

Peter M. Friedman, O'Melveny & Myers, 1625 Eye Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 2006, Emma L. Persson, Laura L. Smith, Esq., O'Melveny & Myers, 2501 North Harwood Street, Suite 1700, Dallas, TX 75201, Daniel S. Shamah, O'Melveny & Myers, 7 Times Square, Time Square Tower, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10036, Counsel for Amici Appellees Samir Parikh, Anthony Casey, Joshua C. Macey and Edward Morrison.

Glen Chappell, Allison W. Parr, Hassan A. Zavareei, Tycko & Zavareei, 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 1010, Washington, DC 20006, Counsel for Amicus Appellant Public Justice.

Jeffrey R. White, American Association for Justice, 777 6th Street, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001, Counsel for Amicus Appellant American Association of Justice.

Thomas A. Pitta, Emmet, Marvin & Martin, 120 Broadway, 32nd Floor, New York, NY 10005, Counsel for Amici Appellants Maria Glover, Andrew Bradt, Brooke Coleman, Robin Effron, D. Theodore Rave, Alan M. Trammell, and Adam Zimmerman.

Before AMBRO, RESTREPO, and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.


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