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WESTLB AG v. KELLEY

Nos. 13-CV-3611 (PJS), 13-CV-3614 (PJS), 13-CV-3615 (PJS), 13-CV-3616 (PJS), 13-CV-3618 (PJS).

514 B.R. 287 (2014)

WESTLB AG, Appellant, v. Douglas A. KELLEY, Chapter 11 Trustee; Unsecured Creditors Committee, Appellees. Opportunity Finance, LLC; Opportunity Finance Securitization, LLC; Opportunity Finance Securitization II, LLC; Opportunity Finance Securitization III, LLC; International Investment Opportunities, LLC; Sabes Family Foundation; Sabes Minnesota Limited Partnership; Robert W. Sabes; Janet F. Sabes; Jon R. Sabes; Steven Sabes, Appellants, v. Douglas A. Kelley, Chapter 11 Trustee; Unsecured Creditors Committee, Appellees. Elistone Fund, Appellant, v. Douglas A. Kelley, Chapter 11 Trustee; Unsecured Creditors Committee, Appellees. DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt AM Main, Appellant, v. Douglas A. Kelley, Chapter 11 Trustee; Unsecured Creditors Committee, Appellees. Epsilon Global Active Value Fund I-B Ltd.; Epsilon Global Active Value Fund II, L.P.; Epsilon Global Active Value Fund II-B, L.P.; Epsilon Global Active Value Fund II-B, Ltd.; Epsilon Global Active Value Fund III Ltd.; Epsilon Global Active Value Fund Ltd.; Epsilon Global Active Value Fund, L.P.; Epsilon Global Asset Management Ltd.; Epsilon Global Master Fund II, L.P., a/k/a Epsilon Global Master Fund II, L.P., Sub. 1; Epsilon Global Master Fund, L.P.; Epsilon Structured Strategies Master Fund, L.P., f/k/a Epsilon Global Master Fund III Structured Strategies, L.P.; Epsilon Investment Management, LLC; Stafford Town Ltd.; Westford Asset Management, LLC; Westford Global Asset Management Ltd.; Westford Special Situations Fund Ltd.; Westford Special Situations Fund, L.P.; Westford Special Situations Master Fund, L.P.; Steve G. Stevanovich, Appellants, v. Douglas A. Kelley, Chapter 11 Trustee; Unsecured Creditors Committee, Appellees.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

Signed July 25, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. McLaughlin , Shari L.J. Aberle , Elizabeth A. Hulsebos , and Erin Knapp Darda , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, for appellant in Case No. 13-CV-3611.

John R. McDonald , Kari S. Berman , Briggs and Morgan, P.A.; Joseph G. Petrosinelli , Jonathan M. Landy , Jefferey D. Bailey , Christopher J. Mandernach , Williams & Connolly LLP, for appellants in Case No. 13-CV-3614.

Elise Scherr Frejka , Jeffrey S. Trachtman , Joel M. Taylor , Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP; Justin H. Perl , Amy J. Swedberg , John R.K. Darda , Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand LLP, for appellant in Case No. 13-CV-3615.

Michael A. Rosow , Thomas H. Boyd , Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.; H. Peter Haveles, Jr. , Kaye Scholer LLP, for appellant in Case No. 13-CV-3616.

Robert T. Kugler , Bryant D. Tchida , Stinson Leonard Street LLP; Tobias S. Keller , Keller & Benvenutti LLP, for appellants in Case No. 13-CV-3618.

Mark D. Larsen , Daryle L. Uphoff , James A. Lodoen , Terrence J. Fleming , George H. Singer , Kirstin D. Kanski , Adam C. Ballinger , Lindquist & Vennum LLP, for appellee Douglas A. Kelley.

ORDER

PATRICK J. SCHILTZ, District Judge.

Five groups of creditors appeal from the November 22, 2013 order of Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge Gregory F. Kishel granting the trustee's motion to substantively consolidate nine bankruptcy estates.1 The bankruptcy trustee — an appellee in each appeal — moves for certification under 28 U.S.C. § 158(d)(2) so that the...

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