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IN RE PLANT INSULATION CO.

Nos. 12-17466, 12-17467.

734 F.3d 900 (2013)

In re PLANT INSULATION CO., Debtor. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; United States Fire Insurance Company, Plaintiffs, and Onebeacon Insurance Company; American Home Assurance Company; Granite State Insurance Company; Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania; Insurance Company of the West; Safety National Casualty Corporation; Transport Indemnity Company; United States Fidelity And Guaranty Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Plant Insulation Company, Debtor-in-Possession-Appellee. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, c/o Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP, Defendant-Appellee, Futures Representative, The Honorable Charles B. Renfrew (Ret.), Real-party-in-interest-Appellee. In re Plant Insulation Co., Debtor, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Plaintiff, American Home Assurance Company; Granite State Insurance Company; Insurance Company of the State Of Pennsylvania; Insurance Company of the West; Safety National Casualty Corporation; Transport Indemnity Company; United States Fidelity And Guaranty Company, Plaintiffs, and United States Fire Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Plant Insulation Company, Debtor-in-Possession-Appellee, Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, c/o Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP, Defendant-Appellee, Futures Representative, The Honorable Charles B. Renfrew (Ret.), Real-party-in-interest-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 28, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Millner , SNR Denton U.S. LLP, Chicago, IL, Andrew T. Frankel , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, and Clinton E. Cameron , Troutman Sanders LLP, Chicago, IL, argued the cause for Appellants. Joel T. Muchmore , SNR Denton U.S. LLP, San Francisco, CA, and Clinton E. Cameron filed briefs for the Appellants. With them on the briefs were Paul E. Glad , SNR Denton U.S. LLP, San Francisco, CA, Philip A. O'Connell, Jr. , SNR Denton U.S. LLP, Boston, MA, Robert B. Millner and Christopher D. Soper , SNR Denton U.S. LLP, Chicago, IL, Andrew T. Frankel and Mark Thompson , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, Deborah L. Stein , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Valerie A. Moore and Eugenie Gifford Baumann , Haight, Brown & Bonesteel LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Randall J. Peters , R. Jeff Carlisle , and David K. Morrison , Lynberg & Watkins P.C., Los Angeles, CA, Michael S. Davis , Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP, New York, NY, Ray L. Wong , Philip R. Matthews and Paul J. Killion , Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco, CA, Lawrence A. Tabb , Musick Peeler & Garrett, Los Angeles, CA, Chad Westfall , Musick, Peeler & Garrett, San Francisco, CA, Clinton E. Cameron and Seth M. Erickson , Troutman Sanders LLP, Chicago, IL.

Steven B. Sacks , Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, San Francisco, CA, argued the cause and filed a brief for the Debtor-Appellees. With him on the brief was Michael H. Ahrens , Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, San Francisco, CA, Gary S. Fergus , Fergus, A Law Office, San Francisco, CA, James L. Miller , Snyder, Miller & Orton LLP, San Francisco, CA, Peter Van N. Lockwood , Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, DC.

Before: JOHN T. NOONAN, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether a bankruptcy plan, which allegedly leaves a group of insurers paying more than their fair share on a large number of asbestos personal injury claims, complies with the Bankruptcy Code.

I

A

Plant Insulation Co. ("Plant") is a California corporation that was founded in 1937 and made a successful business selling Fiberboard-manufactured asbestos-based insulation through 1971...

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