IN RE WR GRACE & CO.

Nos. 12-2923, 12-3143.

729 F.3d 332 (2013)

In re WR GRACE & CO., et al., Debtors. Anderson Memorial Hospital, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: September 4, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher D. Loizides, Esq. , Loizides & Associates, Wilmington, DE, David L. Rosendorf, Esq. , Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, Miami, FL, Daniel A. Speights, Esq. , Speights & Runyan, Hampton, SC, for Appellant, Anderson Memorial Hospital.

John Donley, Esq. (Argued), Lisa G. Esayian, Esq. , Adam C. Paul, Esq. , Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Laura D. Jones, Esq. , Kathleen P. Makowski, Esq. , James E. O'Neill, III, Esq. , Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, Wilmington, DE, Christopher Landau, Esq. , Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for W.R. Grace, Official Committee of Equity Security Holders, David T. Austern and Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC.

Roger J. Higgins, Esq. , Chicago, IL, for W.R. Grace, Official Committee of Equity Security Holders, David T. Austern, Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC and John M. Thomas.

Andrew N. Rosenberg, Esq. (Argued), Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY, for David T. Austern, Her Majesty Queen of Canada.

Kevin J. Mangan, Esq. , Francis A. Monaco, Jr., Esq. , Matthew P. Ward, Esq. , Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Wilmington, DE, for Her Majesty Queen of Canada, Official Committee of Equity Security Holders, David T. Austern, CNA Financial Corp. Loews and State of Montana.

Philip Bentley, Esq. , Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, New York, NY, for Official Committee of Equity Security Holders, David T. Austern and John M. Thomas.

Garland S. Cassada, Esq. , Susan M. Huber, Esq. , Richard C. Worf, Jr., Esq. , Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, Charlotte, NC, Brett D. Fallon, Esq. , Morris James , Wilmington, DE, for Official Committee Equity Security Holders, David T. Austern and Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC.

Teresa K.D. Currier, Esq. , Saul Ewing , Wilmington, DE, for Official Committee of Equity Security Holders and David T. Austern.

Roger L. Frankel, Esq. , Richard H. Wyron, Esq. , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Washington, DC, for David T. Austern.

Alan B. Rich, Esq. (Argued), Dallas, TX, for Property Damage Future Claims Representative.

Elizabeth M. DeCristofaro, Esq. , Ford, Marrin, Esposito, Witmeyer & Gleser, New York, NY, Michael S. Giannotto, Esq. , Frederick C. Schafrick, Esq. , Goodwin Procter, Washington, DC, for Continental Casualty Co.

Elisa Alcabes, Esq. , Mary Beth Forshaw, Esq. , Andrew T. Frankel, Esq. , Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York, NY, Neal J. Levitsky, Esq. , Seth A. Niederman, Esq. , Fox Rothschild, Wilmington, DE, for Travelers Casualty & Surety Co.

Mark T. Hurford, Esq. , Campbell & Levine, Wilmington, DE, Peter V. Lockwood, Esq. , Caplin & Drysdale, Washington, DC, for Official Committee of Asbestos Personal Injury Claimants.

Edward C. Toole, Jr., Esq. , Pepper Hamilton , Philadelphia, PA, for BNSF Railway Co.

Matthew S. Owen, Esq. , Ashley C. Parrish, Esq. , Carolyn M. Sweeney, Esq. , King & Spalding, Washington, DC, Thaddeus D. Wilson, Esq. , King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for Proposed Amicus Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

Before: AMBRO, FISHER and JORDAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FISHER, Circuit Judge.

Anderson Memorial Hospital ("AMH") first filed suit against W.R. Grace and its affiliates ("Grace")1 in South Carolina state court in 1992, seeking class-wide redress for property damage caused by asbestos-containing products that Grace had manufactured. Before the resolution of that litigation, Grace filed a petition for Chapter 11 protection. The Bankruptcy Court supervised nearly...

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