IN RE W.R. GRACE & CO.

Nos. 12-1521, 12-2904.

729 F.3d 311 (2013)

In re W.R. GRACE & CO., et al., Debtors. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, Appellant in 12-1521. The State of Montana, Appellant in 12-2904.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: September 4, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacqueline Dais-Visca , Senior Counsel, Toronto, Ontario, Kevin J. Mangan , Francis A. Monaco, Jr. [Argued], Matthew P. Ward , Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Wilmington, DE, for Appellant her Majesty the Queen In Right of Canada by the Attorney General of Canada.

Kevin J. Mangan , Francis A. Monaco, Jr. [Argued], Matthew P. Ward , Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Wilmington, DE, for Appellant State of Montana.

John Donley [Argued], Lisa G. Esayian , Adam C. Paul , Kirkland & Ellis, Roger J. Higgins , Chicago, IL, Laura D. Jones , Kathleen P. Makowski , James E. O'Neill, III , Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, Wilmington, DE, Christopher Landau , Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Appellee W.R. Grace & Co.

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

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

Roger L. Frankel [Argued], Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Washington, DC, for Appellee David T. Austern, Asbestos PI Future Claimants Representative.

Mark M. Maloney , Thaddeus D. Wilson , King Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA, Ashley C. Parrish , Matthew S. Owen , Carolyn M. Sweeney , King & Spalding LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited.

Before: AMBRO, FISHER and JORDAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

JORDAN, Circuit Judge.

The State of Montana ("Montana") and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Right of Canada ("the Crown")1 appeal the June 11, 2012 order2 of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware affirming the Bankruptcy Court's confirmation of the plan of reorganization of W.R. Grace & Co, et al. ("Grace").3 We...

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