IN RE SCHOOL ASBESTOS LITIGATION. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LANCASTER, MANHEIM TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT, LAMPETER-STRASBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND NORTHEASTERN SCHOOL DISTRICT,
v.
LAKE ASBESTOS OF QUEBEC, LTD., THE CELOTEX CORPORATION, RAYMARK INDUSTRIES, INC., UNION CARBIDE CORP., ASBESTOSPRAY CORP., SPRAYO-FLAKE COMPANY, NATIONAL GYPSUM CO., SPRAYED INSULATION, INC., ASBESTOS FIBRES INC., DANA CORPORATION, U.S. GYPSUM, U.S. MINERAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, SPRAYON INSULATION & ACOUSTICS, INC., SPRAYON RESEARCH CORP., KEENE CORP., WORBEN CO., INC., WILKIN INSULATION COMPANY, W.R. GRACE & CO., OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, STANDARD INSULATION, INC., NORTH AMERICAN ASBESTOS CORPORATION, CASSIAR RESOURCES LTD., BELL ASBESTOS MINES, LTD., ASBESTOS CORPORATION LIMITED, SOUTHERN TEXTILE CORP., OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., TURNER & NEWALL LIMITED, THE FLINTKOTE CO., FIBREBOARD CORPORATION, GAF CORP., UNIROYAL, INC., CAPE ASBESTOS, PFIZER, INC., KAISER CEMENT CORPORATION, BES-TEX, INC., GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP. APPEAL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF FLINT, ORDERED TO BE A CLASS MEMBER WITH RESPECT TO ITS CLAIMS AGAINST NATIONAL GYPSUM CO. APPEAL OF AKRON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION
AI-generated. These summaries, headnotes, and key points are machine-generated and may contain errors or omissions. Always verify against the full opinion text below. Not legal advice.
The court determined that it had appellate jurisdiction over one appeal and that the district court properly granted a motion for reconsideration and enjoined pending state court actions.
National Gypsum Company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, prompting an order authorizing notice of the enforcement of the automatic stay provision. Thi…
The full statement of facts, procedural history, and disposition for this case are member content.
Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence© FLexlaw, Inc. — AI-generated enrichments are proprietary. All rights reserved.
Explore caselaw by topic → Browse Chapter 11 Bankruptcy cases and more on FLexlaw
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated appeals arise out of an on-going federal diversity class action, In re Asbestos School Litig., 104 F.R.D. 422 (E.D.Pa.1984), aff'd, 789 F. 2d 996 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 852, 107 S.Ct. 182, 93 L.Ed.2d 117 (1986), and require us to decide (1) whether we have appellate jurisdiction over appeal No. 90-1174 brought by Akron (Ohio) City School District Board of Education; and (2) whether the district court properly granted National Gypsum Company’s motion for reconsideration and enjoined pending state court actions filed by appellants School District of the City of Flint, Michigan, and Akron City School District Board of Education against National Gypsum Company.
On Sunday, October 28, 1990, National Gypsum Company filed a petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas (Dallas Division). Thereafter, on November 29, 1990 the bankruptcy court served an order authorizing notice of the enforcement of the automatic stay provision of 11 U.S.C. § 362(a).
Accordingly, action in these appeals will be stayed. Ass’n of St. Croix Condominium Owners v. St. Croix Hotel Corp., 682 F. 2d 446 (3d Cir.1982).
Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus
Citator
Cited By
-
In re Sch. Asbestos Litig. Pfizer Inc. v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, 977 F.2d 754 (3d Cir. 1992)
Authorities Cited
- Assoc. of ST. Croix Condo. Owners v. ST. Croix Hotel Corp., 682 F.2d 446 (3d Cir. 1982)
- Jarvis v. United States, 479 U.S. 852 (U.S. 1986)
- Black Cloud Bldg. Corp. v. Harman, 479 U.S. 852 (U.S. 1986)
- In re Sch. Asbestos Litig. Sch. Dist. OF Lancaster v. Lake Asbestos OF Quebec, Ltd., 789 F.2d 996 (3d Cir. 1986)