WESTLB AG v. KELLEY

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

531 B.R. 783 (2015)

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. DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentralgenossenschaftsbank, 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 April 23, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. McLaughlin and Thomas O. Kelly III , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, for appellant in Case No. 13-CV-3611.

Kannon K. Shanmugam , Joseph G. Petrosinelli , and Jonathan M. Landy , Williams & Connolly LLP; John R. McDonald and Kari S. Berman , Briggs and Morgan, P.A., for appellants in Case No. 13-CV-3614.

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

Robert T. Kugler and Bryant D. Tchida , Stinson Leonard Street LLP, for appellants in Case No. 13-CV-3618.

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

David E. Runck and Lorie A. Klein , Fafinski Mark & Johnson, PA, for appellee Unsecured Creditors Committee.


ORDER

Four groups of lenders 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 Appellees — the bankruptcy trustee and the unsecured...

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