United States Third Circuit

An order preventing a bankruptcy creditor from pursuing the issue of the priority, treatment, and classification of its claims in Belgian proceedings, and declaring that these issues be determined exclusively by the Delaware Bankruptcy Court, was issued erroneously.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/13/2002
• Decided 11/04/2002
• Published 11/04/2002

Judges

• Before ROTH, RENDELL, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan S. Goudiss, [Argued], Shearman & Sterling, New York, Brendan L. Shannon, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, for Appellants, Stonington Partners, Inc.;   Stonington Capital Appreciation 1994 Fund, L.P.;   Stonington Holdings, L.L.C.


• For Appellees:
  
• Luc A. Despins, [Argued], Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York, Francis A. Monaco, Jr., Walsh, Monzack & Monaco, Wilmington, for Appellees, Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V., Ira S. Dizengoff, [Argued], Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, New York, for Appellees, Dictaphone Corp;  L&H Holdings USA Inc.