United States Fourth Circuit

An injunction and contempt order resulting from an adversary action by creditors in bankruptcy court asserting the interests of the estate is vacated where plaintiffs lacked standing to request preliminary injunctive relief.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/25/2005
• Decided 12/20/2005
• Published 12/20/2005

Judges

• Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, and WILKINSON and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Mack Sperling, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Richard Marc Goldberg, Shapiro, Sher, Guinot & Sandler, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Scott Baena, Jay M. Sakalo, Bilzen, Sumberg, Baena, Price & Axelrod, L.L.P., Miami, Florida;  Matthew G. Summers, Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant.  Joel I. Sher, Kimberly M. Stoker, Shapiro, Sher, Guinot & Sandler, Baltimore, Maryland;  David S. Cohen, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellee The PAPPG Grantor Trust.