IN RE U.S. PIPE & FOUNDRY CO.

No. 20-13832.

32 F.4th 1324 (2022)

IN RE: UNITED STATES PIPE & FOUNDRY CO., Debtor. United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC, JW Aluminum Company, JW Window Components LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Michael H. Holland, as Trustee of the United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan, Michael McKown, as Trustee of the United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan, Joseph R. Reschini, as Trustee of the United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan, Carlo Tarley, as Trustee of the United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan, Michael H. Holland, as Trustee of the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: May 3, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Walter Moran , Counsel, Marc Aaron Fuller , Counsel, Thomas S. Leatherbury , Counsel, Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Dallas, TX, Scott Alan Stichter , Stichter Riedel Blain & Postler, PA, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC.

Ashley C. Parrish , King & Spalding, LLP, Washington, DC, Mark M. Maloney , Kevin Jordan O'Brien , Sarah Primrose , King & Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Scott Alan Stichter , Stichter Riedel Blain & Postler, PA, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant JW Aluminum Company.

David Joseph Laurent , Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, Pittsburgh, PA, for Plaintiff-Appellant JW Window Components LLC.

Paul A. Green , Mooney Green Saindon Murphy & Welch, Washington, DC, Stephanie Crane Lieb , Trenam Law, Tampa, FL, Matthew C. Ziegler , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant-Appellee Michael H. Holland.

Paul A. Green , Mooney Green Saindon Murphy & Welch, Washington, DC, Bryan Michael Killian , Stephanie Schuster , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Washington, DC, Stephanie Crane Lieb , Trenam Law, Tampa, FL, Matthew C. Ziegler , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant-Appellee Michael McKown.

John C. Goodchild, III , Matthew C. Ziegler , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Paul A. Green , Mooney Green Saindon Murphy & Welch, Washington, DC, Bryan Michael Killian , Stephanie Schuster , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Washington, DC, Stephanie Crane Lieb , Trenam Law, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellee Joseph R. Reschini.

John C. Goodchild, III , Matthew C. Ziegler , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, John Robert Mooney , Paul A. Green , Mooney Green Saindon Murphy & Welch, Washington, DC, Bryan Michael Killian , Stephanie Schuster , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Washington, DC, Stephanie Crane Lieb , Trenam Law, Tampa, FL, Marie Tomassi , Trenam Law, Saint Petersburg, FL, for Defendants-Appellees Carlo Tarley, Michael H. Holland.

Before William Pryor, Chief Judge, Grant, and Anderson, Circuit Judges.


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