United States Third Circuit

Approval of a bankruptcy settlement agreement involving claims against makers of products containing ephedra is affirmed where the district court properly approved the settlement under federal bankruptcy law and did not abuse its discretion in finding the settlement was made in good faith under state law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/20/2006
• Published 01/20/2006

Judges

• AMBRO, Circuit Judge., Before:  BARRY and AMBRO, Circuit Judges and POLLAK, District Judge.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Simon Kimmelman, Sterns & Weinroth, Trenton, NJ, for Debtor., Thomas C. Marszewski, James D. Montgomery, Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Montgomery, Chicago, IL, for Linda Will, George Wheeler, Jr., Eugene A. Schoon, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, Nancy A. Washington, Saiber, Schlesinger, Satz & Goldstein, Newark, NJ, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jennifer Snyder-Heis, Ulmer & Berne, Cincinnati, OH, for Third Party Defendants.