IN RE BUDD COMPANY, INC.

Case No. 14 B 11873.

550 B.R. 407 (2016)

IN RE: The BUDD COMPANY, INC., Debtor.

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

Signed May 20, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff J. Marwil ; Jeremy T. Stillings ; Brandon Levitan ; Brian Bastian ; (Proskauer Rose LLP), Chicago, IL, Mervis T. Mervis ; Irena M. Goldstein ; Erin Durba ; Steven H. Holinstat ; Lee Popkin ; (Proskauer Rose LLP), New York, NY, Allison R. Bach ; Theodore Bruno Sylwestrzak ; Adam D. Grant ; (Dickinson Wright PLLC), Detroit, MI, Daniel Deitrich Quick , (Dickerson Wright PLLC), Troy, MI, Counsel for Debtor.

Scott N. Schreiber , (Clark Hill PLC), Chicago, IL, Joel D. Applebaum , (Clark Hill PLC), Birmingham, MI, Daniel J. Dulworth , (Clark Hill PLC), Detroit, MI, Counsel for Thyssen Krupp North America, Inc.

Kathryn Gleason , Chicago, IL, Office of the U.S. Trustee, Region 11.

James L. Bromley ; Mark S Grube ; Brent M. Tunis ; David E. Wagner ; Mark A. Lightner ; Lawrence B. Friedman ; Jared M. Gerber ; Kathryn G. Wellman ; Daniel J. Soltman ; Christopher P. DeNicola (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP), New York, NY, Counsel for International Union, UAW, United Automobile, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America.

Scott R. Clar ; Brian P. Welch ; David K. Welch ; (Crane Heyman Simon Welch & Clar), Chicago, IL, Counsel for Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, International Union, UAW, Agricultural Implement Workers of America, United Automobile.

Kay Kress (Pepper Hamilton LLP), Southfield, MI, Counsel for Satterlee Landfill Joint Defense Group.

Marc S. Pfeuffer (Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation), Washington, DC, Counsel for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

Frances Gecker ; Joseph D. Frank ; Reed A. Heiligman (FrankGecker LLP), Chicago, IL, Counsel for Ad Hoc Committee of Asbestos Personal Injury Claimants.

Landon S. Raiford ; Melissa M. Root ; Charles B. Sklarsky ; Catherine L. Steege, Esq ; James Wahlman , (Jenner & Block LLP), Chicago, IL, Counsel for the Committee of Exhibits & Administrative Retirees.

Stephen C. Ascher (Cohn Baughman & Martin), Chicago, IL, Michael S. Neurneister (O'Melveny & Meyers LLP), Los Angeles, CA, Tancred V. Schiavoni ; John B. McDonald (O'Melveny & Meyers LLP), New York, NY, Counsel for Century Indemnity Company.

Leslie A. Davis ; Tacie H. Yoon ; Mark D. Plevin (Crowell & Moring LLP), Washington, DC, Todd C. Jacobs (Grippo & Elden LLC), Chicago, IL, Counsel for Fireman's Fund Insurance Company.

Robert B. Millner (Dentons US LLP), Stefanie Wowchuk McDonald (Dentons US LLP), Chicago, IL, Counsel for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

Ryan T. Schultz ; Margaret M. Anderson (Fox, Swibel, Levin & Carroll, LLP), Chicago, IL, Counsel for Diana G. Adams, Fox Swibel Levin & Carroll, LLP; and Manewitz Weiker Associates.

Brad Berish (Adelman & Gettleman, Ltd.), Chicago, IL, Counsel for Allstate Insurance Company.

Craig Goldblatt ; Nancy L. Manzer (Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr), Edward B. Parks II ; James P. Ruggeri ; Julia C. Zajac (Shipman & Goodwin LLP), Washington, DC, Steve Jakubowski (Robbins, Salomon & Patt, Ltd.), Chicago, IL, Counsel for First State Insurance Company and New England Reinsurance Corporation.

Roger J. Higgins (The Law Offices of Roger Higgins, LLC), Chicago, IL, Counsel for Robert P. Soulliere.

Brigid M. Leahy (David Christian Attorneys LLC), Chicago, IL, Counsel for American Centennial Insurance Company, Columbia Casualty Company, Continental Insurance Company.

Michael McNaughton (Sedgwick LLP), Chicago, IL, Counsel for Arrowood Indemnity Company, f/k/a Royal Indemnity Company.

Ernesto Palomo (Locke Lord LLP), Chicago, IL, Counsel for American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance Company.

Robert S. Gebhard (Sedgwick LLP), San Francisco, CA, Counsel for Arrowood Indemnity Company f/k/a Royal Indemnity Company.

Sheryl Toby (Dykema Gossett PLLC), Bloomfield Hills, MI, Counsel for Certain Officers and Directors of The Budd Company, Inc. (Interested Party).

Megan R. Braden (Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP), Chicago, IL, Richard W. Esterkin (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP), Los Angeles, CA, Counsel for Folcroft Landfill PRP Group.

Jessica Zeratsky (von Briesen & Roper, s.c.), Milwaukee, WI, Counsel for Sentry Insurance a Mutual Company.

Celeste R. Gill (Michigan Department of Attorney General), Lansing, MI, Counsel for Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

Michael P. Pompeo ; Timothy R. Casey (Drinkler Biddle & Reath LLP), Florham Park, NJ, Counsel for Travelers Property and Casualty Corp.

Curt F. Hennecke (Brayton Purcell LLP), Novato, CA, Counsel for Carlton Kearby, Charles Smith, Jason Peoples, Joseph Kosich, Jr., and Mary Perez.

Christopher R. Donoho, III (Hogan Loyells US LLP), New York, NY, Counsel for Martinerea International, Inc.

Jeffrey P. Blumstein ; Robert E. Lytle , (Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein & Blader PC), Lawrenceville, NJ, Counsel for Philip Brust, Executor of Estate of Sandra Brust.

Kevin H. Morse (Arnstein & Lehr, LLP), Chicago, IL, Counsel for Sandra Brust (Claim No. 367) and The Paul Claimants.

Robert E. Paul (Paul, Reich & Myers, P.C.), Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Various asbestos claimants.

Mark L. Radtke ; Peter J. Roberts ; Steven B. Towbin (Shaw Fishman Glantz & Towbin LLC), Katharine Byrne ( Cooney Conway ), Chicago, IL, Kevin P. O'Keefe ; Allan J. Arffa (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP), New York, NY, Counsel for KPS Capital Partners, LP.


OPINION ON FEES SOUGHT BY PROSKAUER ROSE LLP IN FIFTH INTERIM APPLICATION FOR WORK ON DISCLOSURE STATEMENT BY COUNSEL FOR DEBTOR (Dkt No. 1483)

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