IN RE JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALA.

No. 11-05736-TBB.

469 B.R. 92 (2012)

In re JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, a political subdivision of the State of Alabama Debtor.

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division.

March 4, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann E. Acker , Chicago, IL, Laura E. Appleby , New York, NY, Stephen B. Porterfield , Birmingham, AL, James Spiotto , Chicago, IL, for Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, Nova Scotia, c/o Stephen B. Porterfield, Sirote & Permutt, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Creditors.

Donald M. Wright , Sirote & Permutt, Birmingham, AL, for Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, c/o Stephen B. Porterfield, Sirote & Permutt, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

Michael J. Antonio, Jr. , Greystone Legal Clinic, Birmingham, AL, for Collette Funderburg, c/o Michael J. Antonio, Jr., Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

James Blake Bailey , Patrick Darby , Christopher L. Hawkins , Jennifer Harris Henderson , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Jay R. Bender , One Federal Place, Birmingham, AL, Robert J. Pfister , Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP, David M. Stern , Los Angeles, CA, for Jefferson County, Alabama, Birmingham, AL, Debtor.

James E. Bailey, III , Butler Snow O'Mara Stevens & Cannada PLC, Memphis, TN, for Universal Hospital Services, Inc., Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

Amanda Beckett , Burr & Forman LLP, Birmingham, AL, for BBA Development, LLC, c/o Burr & Forman LLP, Amanda Beckett, Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

Richard Patrick Carmody , Birmingham, AL, Daniel Holzman , Eric Kay , Susheel Kirpalani , Jon Pickhardt , Katherine Scherling , Jake Shields , New York, NY, Laurence Jones McDuff , Russel Rutherford , Adams and Reese LLP, Birmingham, AL, Matthew Scheck , Los Angeles, CA, for Syncora Guarantee, Inc., Creditor.

Richard Patrick Carmody , Laurence Jones McDuff , Russell Rutherford , Adams and Reese LLP, Birmingham, AL, terminated, H. Slayton Dabney , Dabney, PLLC, New York, NY, Scott Davidson , Grace Long Kipp , Michael T. Sansbury , Robert K. Spotswood , Emily Joy Tidmore , Spotswood Sansom & Sansbury LLC, Birmingham, AL, Tristan Manthey , Tristan Manthey , Cherie D. Nobles , Cherie D. Nobles , William H. Patrick, III , William H. Patrick, III , New Orleans, LA, Aaron Power , Houston, TX, for Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, Creditor.

Larry Childs , Brian Malcom , Birmingham, AL, Ryan K. Cochran , David E. Lemke , Michael Robert Paslay , Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, Nashville, TN, Stephen B. Porterfield , Sirote & Permutt, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for The Bank of New York Mellon, c/o Stephen B. Porterfield, Sirote & Permutt, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

Larry Brittain Childs , Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, Birmingham, AL, Ryan C. Cochran , David E. Lemke , Michael Robert Paslay , Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, Nashville, TN, Brian Malcom , Birmingham, AL, for The Bank of New York Mellon, as Identure Trustee, c/o Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, Attn: Ryan Cochran, Nashville, TN, Creditor.

Jay H. Clark , Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, Birmingham, AL, for Patricia Dianna Working, Floyd McGinnis, Rick Erdemir, c/o Albert L. Jordan, Birmingham, AL, Creditors.

Daniel G. Clodfelter , David L. Eades , David S. Walls , Charlotte, NC, Joe A. Joseph , Cathleen C. Moore , Clifton Charles Mosteller , Burr & Forman LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Bank of America, N.A., Creditor.

Russel McWhorter Cunningham, IV , Cunningham Firm, LLC, for Innovation Depot, Inc. as successor to Entrepreneurial Center, Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

Roberto A. Dall'Asta , Chicago, IL, Charles L. Denaburg , Najjar Denaburg PC, Birmingham, AL, William P. Smith , McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, IL, for Ambac Assurance Corporation, c/o Najjar Denaburg PC, Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

Ian Dattner , Mary Beth Forshaw , Steven M. Fuhrman , Elisha D. Graff , Clark R. Hammond , Thomas C. Rice , Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, Linda J. Hill , Johnston Barton Proctor & Rose LLP, Birmingham, AL, for JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., c/o Clark R. Hammond, Esq., Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

Elizabeth Dianne Gamble , Boardman, Carr, Hutcheson & Bennett, P.C., Chelsea, AL, for City of Hoover, Alabama, Hoover, AL, Creditor.

Benjamin Shaw Goldman , Hand Arendall, LLC, Birmingham, AL, for National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation, c/o Benjamin S. Goldman, Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

Joyce Gorman , Washington, DC, Stephen B. Porterfield , Donald M. Wright , Sirote & Permutt, Birmingham, AL, Jack Rose , New York, NY, for Societe Generale, Creditor.

Wilson F. Green , Fleenor & Green LLP, Tuscaloosa, AL, Brian R. Walding , Walding LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Jeffrey Weissman D.D.S., P.C., Jeffrey Weissman, Keith Shannon, Creditors.

Bryan Glen Hale , Starnes & Atchison, Birmingham, AL, for Medical Data Systems, Inc., c/o Bryan G. Hale, Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

Brian P. Hall , Atlanta, GA, Jayna Partain Lamar , Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for Regions Bank, c/o Jayna Lamar, Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

Clark R. Hammond , Johnston, Barton, Proctor & Rose, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., c/o Clark R. Hammond, Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

Bradley Richard Hightower , James Cicero Huckaby, Jr. , Christian & Small LLP, Birmingham, AL, Daniel D. Sparks , Birmingham, AL, for Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc., c/o Christian & Small LLP, Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

Charles R. Johanson, III , Engel, Hairston & Johanson, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Kesha L. Tanabe , Clark T. Whitmore , Minneapolis, MN, for U.S. Bank National Association, Engel, Hairston & Johanson, P.C., c/o Charles R. Johanson, III, Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

William W. Kannel , Adrienne K. Walker , Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., Boston, MA, Stephen B. Porterfield , Sirote & Permutt, Birmingham, AL, for State Street Bank and Trust Company, Creditor.

Robert C. Keller , Russo, White & Keller, Birmingham, AL, for City of Center Point, Alabama, Center Point, AL, Creditor.

Samuel S. Kohn , Lawrence A. Larose , Winston & Strawn, LLP, New York, NY, for Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp., Creditor.

Lee Wendell Loder , Loder Law Firm, Birmingham, AL, for Charlotte Breece, Lillie Starks, Birmingham, AL, Creditors.

William L. Longshore, III , Longshore, Buck & Longshore, Birmingham, AL, for Beers Properties, LLC, c/o Longshore, Buck & Longshore, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

William L. Longshore, III , Longshore, Buck & Longshore, Birmingham, AL, for Delores W. Frost, c/o W.L. Longshore, III, Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

Wendell Major , Fairfield, AL, for Wendell Major, Creditor.

Charles N. Parnell , Parnell, Crum & Anderson, P.A., Montgomery, AL, for Elevator Maintenance and Repair, Inc., c/o Parnell and Crum P.A., Montgomery, AL, Creditor.

Dana S. Plon , Sirlin Gallogly & Lesser, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Unisys Corporation, c/o Dana S. Plon, Esquire, Sirlin Gallogly & Lesser, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Creditor.

Robert Potter , Mann, Cowan & Potter, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for James Hernandez, Lynn, AL, Creditor.

Salem Resha, Jr. , The Resha Firm, PC, Birmingham, AL, for B.A.S.L.L.P., c/o Salem Resha, Jr., Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

Ann C. Robertson , Wiggins, Childs, Quinn & Pantazis, LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Lara Swindle, Wiggins, Childs, Quinn & Pantazis, LLC, c/o Ann C. Robertson, Birmingham, AL, Creditor.

David A. Sullivan , David A. Sullivan , Attorney at Law, Birmingham, AL, for City of Midfield, Creditor.

Tyrone Townsend , Townsend & Associates, Birmingham, AL, for Vakesha Hawes, Creditor.

Matthew G. Weathers , Weathers Law Firm, Birmingham, AL, for Carmella S. Macon, Birmingham, AL, William L. Casey, Creditors.

A. Wilson Webb , Birmingham Office, Birmingham, AL, for Gene J. Gonsoulin, Oneonta, AL, Creditor.


MEMORANDUM OPINION ON ELIGIBILITY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA UNDER 11 U.S.C. § 109(C)

THOMAS B. BENNETT, Bankruptcy Judge.

Amasa Coleman Lee, the father of Harper Lee, is famous for being the inspiration behind Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, but he should also be remembered for his work in the Alabama Legislature. Although a newly elected member of the Alabama Legislature, A.C. Lee chaired the Recess Bond Law's Committee

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