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IN RE TRONOX INC.

Bankruptcy No. 09-10156(ALG). Adversary No. 09-1198.

464 B.R. 606 (2012)

In re TRONOX INCORPORATED, et al., Debtors. Tronox Incorporated, Tronox Worldwide LLC f/k/a Kerr-McGee Chemical Worldwide LLC, and Tronox LLC f/k/a Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC, Plaintiffs, v. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Kerr-McGee Corporation, Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corporation, Kerr-McGee Worldwide Corporation, Kerr-McGee Investment Corporation, Kerr-McGee Credit LLC, Kerr-McGee Shared Services Company LLC, and Kerr-McGee Stored Power Company LLC, Defendants. The United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. Tronox Incorporated, Tronox Worldwide LLC, Kerr-McGee Corporation, and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York.

January 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirkland & Ellis LLP, By: David J. Zott, Esq. , Jeffrey J. Zeiger, Esq. , Chicago, IL, for Anadarko Litigation Trust.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, By: Melanie Gray, Esq. , Lydia Protopapas, Esq. , Jason W. Billeck, Esq. , Houston, TX, By: Richard A. Rothman, Esq. , Bruce S. Meyer, Esq. , New York, NY, Bingham McCutchen LLP, By: James J. Dragna, Esq. , Los Angeles, CA, By: Thomas R. Lotterman, Esq. , Duke K. McCall, III, Esq. , Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Preet Bharara , U.S. Attorney's Office, New York, NY, By: Joseph Pantoja, Esq. , Robert William Yalen, Esq. , United States Attorney, for the Southern District of New York.

Lewis and Roca LLP, By: Dawn M. Cica, Esq. , Las Vegas, NV, for The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection.

New York State Department of Law, By: Maureen F. Leary, Esq. , Albany, NY, for The State of New York and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Keating Muething and Klekamp, PLL, By: Bethany P. Recht, Esq. , Cincinnati, OH, for Tronox Incorporated Tort Claims Trust.

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

ALLAN L. GROPPER, Bankruptcy Judge.

Introduction

This decision represents another chapter in the adversary proceeding between debtors Tronox Incorporated and its affiliates1 and defendant Anadarko Petroleum Corporation,2 arising out of a spin-off that allegedly led to the bankruptcy of Tronox. Before the Court...

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