United States Second Circuit

Denial of motion by debtor in foreign bankruptcy proceedings to enjoin actions brought against it in the United States is affirmed where the district court acted within its sound discretion in interpreting 11 U.S.C. section 304(c)'s instruction to assure an economical and expeditious administration of a foreign estate.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/22/2008
• Published 07/22/2008

Judges

• DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:, Before:  JACOBS, Chief Judge, B.D. PARKER and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kathleen Sullivan (John B. Quinn, Peter E. Calamari, Loren Kieve, Terry L. Wit, Sanford I. Weisburst, Angela Nguyen, and William B. Adams, on the brief), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, New York, NY, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• James J. Sabella (Stuart M. Grant, John C. Kairis, and Diane Zilka, on the brief), Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., New York, NY;  Steven J. Toll, Lisa M. Mezzetti, Mark S. Willis, and Joshua S. Devore, on the brief, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC;  Robert M. Roseman, Andrew D. Abramowitz, Daniel J. Mirarchi, and Rachel E. Kopp of counsel, Spector Roseman & Kodroff, PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff-Appellees.