IN RE JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.

Docket Nos. 12-1094-bk, 12-1150-bk, 12-1205-bk.

759 F.3d 206 (2014)

In re JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, Manville Corporation, Manville International Corporation, Manville Export Corporation, Johns-Manville International Corporation, Manville Sales Corporation, f/k/a Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Successor by Merger to Manville Buildings Materials Corporation, Manville Products Corporation and Manville Service Corporation, Manville International Canada, Inc., Manville Canada, Inc., Manville Investment Corporation, Manville Properties Corporation, Allan-Deane Corporation, Ken-Caryl Ranch Corporation, Johns-Manville Idaho, Inc., Manville Canada Service Inc., Sunbelt Contractors, Inc., Debtors. Common Law Settlement Counsel, Statutory and Hawaii Direct Action Settlement Counsel, Movants-Appellants, Asbestos Personal Injury Plaintiffs, Interested Parties-Appellants, v. The Travelers Indemnity Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, f/k/a Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Objectors-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Clement (Matthew Gluck & Kent A. Bronson, Milberg LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), Bancroft PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Movant-Appellant Statutory and Hawaii Direct Action Settlement Counsel.

Ronald Barliant ( Kenneth S. Ulrich & Danielle Wildern Juhle , on the brief), Goldberg Kohn Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Movant-Appellant Common Law Settlement Counsel.

Sander L. Esserman ( Cliff I. Taylor , on the brief), Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Interested Parties-Appellants Asbestos Personal Injury Plaintiffs.

Barry R. Ostrager ( Andrew T. Frankel , Jonathan M. Weiss & Bryce A. Pashler , on the brief), Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, for Objectors-Appellees The Travelers Indemnity Company & Travelers Casualty and Surety Company.

Before: WINTER, POOLER, and CHIN, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Common Law Settlement Counsel, Statutory and Hawaii Direct 39 Action Settlement Counsel, and Asbestos Personal Injury Plaintiffs1 appeal from Judge Koeltl's reversal of a bankruptcy court's final judgment. Bankruptcy Judge Lifland had required appellees — The Travelers Indemnity Company and Travelers Casualty and Surety Company (together, "Travelers") — to pay over $500 million to asbestos plaintiffs...

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