United States Third Circuit

In the context of the statute of limitations on avoiding powers in bankruptcy cases, section 546(a)(1)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code is amenable to a "plain language" analysis, and the circuit court declines to read section 701, relating to interim trustees, into the specific statutory provisions delineated therein.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/06/2006
• Decided 03/02/2007
• Published 03/02/2007

Judges

• Before SLOVITER, CHAGARES, and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Adam Singer (Argued), Cooch & Taylor, Wilmington, DE, Attorney for Appellant Steven G. Singer.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey M. Schlerf, The Bayard Firm, Wilmington, DE, Bruce Buechler, Lowenstein Sandler, Roseland, NJ, Attorneys for Appellees Franklin Boxboard Co. and Bennington Paperboard Co., Katherine M. Perhach, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, Attorney for Appellee Fox River Paper Co., George M. Cheever, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, Pittsburgh, PA, Attorney for Appellee W + D Machinery Co., Inc., Joseph J. Bodnar, Monzack & Monaco, Wilmington, DE, Attorney for Appellees W + D Machinery Co., Inc., and Fibermark Inc., John J. Schmidt, Dinsmore & Shohl, Cincinnati, OH, Victoria W. Counihan, Dennis A. Meloro, Greenberg Traurig, Wilmington, DE, Attorneys for Appellee JBM Envelope Co., Inc., Christopher P. Simon, Cross & Simon, Wilmington, DE, Attorney for Appellee Dwyer Associates, Inc., Ashley B. Stitzer, The Bayard Firm, Wilmington, DE, Attorney for Appellees Beautone Specialties and Crown Roll Leaf Inc., E. Franklin Childress, Jr., Baker, Donelson, Bearman, & Caldwell, Memphis, TN, Stephanie A. Fox, Maron, Marvel, Bradley & Anderson, Wilmington, DE, Attorneys for Appellees Champion International Corp., Nationwide Papers, International Paper Co., d/b/a Beckett Papers, d/b/a XPEDX, d/b/a Strathmore Paper Co., d/b/a Queen City Paper Co., David M. Fournier, Pepper Hamilton, Wilmington, DE, Michael H. Traison, Donald J. Hutchinson (Argued), Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Detroit, MI, Attorneys for Appellees Georgia Pacific Corp, Great Northern Nekoosa Corp., Unisource Worldwide, Fort James Corp., d/b/a Fort James Communications Papers., Kathleen M. Miller, Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow, Wilmington, DE, Attorney for Appellee Kimberly Clark Corp., Lisa C. McLaughlin, Phillips, Goldman & Spence, Wilmington, DE, Attorney for Appellees Frontier Communications, Frontier Communications of America, Inc., Frontier Communications GA, Inc., and Strategic Paper Group., Gilbert L. Hamberg, Yardley, PA, Attorney for Appellees Frontier Communications, Frontier Communications of America, Inc., and Frontier Communications GA, Inc., David N. Crapo, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Newark, NJ, Attorney for Appellee Strategic Paper Group.