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IN RE APHTON CORP.

Bankruptcy No. 06-10510(CSS). Adversary No. 08-50636(CSS).

423 B.R. 76 (2010)

In re APHTON CORPORATION, Debtor. Wayne Walker, as Trustee of Aphton Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Sonafi Pasteur a/k/a Aventis, SF Capital Partners, Heartland Group, Inc., solely on behalf of the Heartland Value Fund, and Legg Mason Partners Fundamental Value Fund, Inc. f/k/a Smith Barney Fundamental Value Fund, Inc., Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware.

January 27, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garvan F. McDaniel, Bifferato Gentilotti LLC, Wilmington, DE and John K. Sherwood, Jeffrey A. Kramer, Lowenstein Sandler PC, Roseland, NJ, for Sanofi Pasteur Limited and Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Leigh-Anne M. Raport, David B. Stratton, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Wilmington, DE and Alan J. Lipkin, Paul W. Horan, New York, NY, for Legg Mason Partners Fundamental Value Fund, a series of Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust and successor to Legg Mason Partners Fundamental Value Fund, Inc., SF Capital Partners, Ltd., and the Heartland Group, Inc., solely on behalf of the Heartland Value Fund.

Shannon D. Leight, Albert A. Ciardi, III, Joseph V. Bongiorno, Ciardi & Ciardi, P.C., Wilmington, DE, for Wayne Walker as Trustee for Aphton Corporation.

OPINION1

CHRISTOPHER SONTCHI, Bankruptcy Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Before the Court are several motions brought by Sanofi Pasteur Limited ("SP") and Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Aventis Pharmaceuticals") (collectively, "Aventis"),2 SF Capital Partners ("SF Capital"), Heartland Group, Inc., solely on behalf of the Heartland Value Fund and Heartland Value Fund, Inc. (collectively...

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