IN RE PATRIOT COAL CORP.

BAP No. 14-6005.

511 B.R. 563 (2014)

In re PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION, also known as Eastern Coal Holding Company, Inc., also known as Patriot Coal Corporation Midwest, Debtor. Debra Pettry, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Denver Pettry; Franklin Stump; Marsha Stump; Alfred Price; Willa Price; Robert Scarbro; Theresa Scarbro; David Evans; Kathye Evans; Westley Fraley; Judy Fraley; Danny Gunnoe; Carol Gunnoe; Kermit Morris; Kathy Morris; A Class of Others Similarly Situated, Claimants-Appellants v. Patriot Coal Corporation, Debtor-Appellee.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, of the Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 5, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Fiorino Basile , Charleston, WV, on brief, for Claimants-Appellants.

Lloyd A. Palans , Brian C. Walsh , Laura Uberti Hughes, Saint Louis, MO, on brief, for Debtor-Appellee.

Before KRESSEL, SALADINO and SHODEEN, Bankruptcy Judges.


SALADINO, Bankruptcy Judge.

This is an appeal by certain claimants ("Pettry Claimants") arising from an order of the bankruptcy court1 filed February 11, 2014, denying a motion for reconsideration of a November 8, 2013, order sustaining the Debtor's seventeenth omnibus objection to claims. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Factual Background

On March 28, 2002, the Pettry Claimants filed a putative class action...

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