United States Fourth Circuit

Under 11 USC 362(b)(4), the regulatory exception to the automatic stay of bankruptcy applies to South Carolina bond requirements for environmental clean-ups.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/08/2000
• Decided 12/19/2001
• Published 12/19/2001

Judges

• Before WIDENER, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Stuart Henry Newberger, Crowell & Moring, L.L.P., Washington, DC;  Richard Chase Tufaro, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Appellants.  Benjamin A. Hagood, Jr., Craver, Hagood & Kerr, Charleston, SC;  James Stuart Chandler, Jr., Georgetown, SC, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Clifton S. Elgarten, Ellen B. Steen, Aryeh S. Portnoy, Adam Gajadharsingh, Crowell & Moring, L.L.P., Washington, DC;  Henry H. Taylor, Vice President and General Counsel, Safety-Kleen Corporation, Columbia, SC;  David Kurtz, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., Chicago, IL;  Harvey R. Miller, David R. Berz, John J. Rapisardi, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P., New York, NY;  Thomas S. Tisdale, Stephen L. Brown, Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale, L.L.P., Charleston, SC;  Luc A. Despins, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Appellants.  Robert A. Kerr, Jr., Wendy L. Wilkie, Craver, Hagood & Kerr, Charleston, SC;  Carlisle Roberts, Jr., Jacquelyn S. Dickman, E. Katherine Wells, Office of General Counsel, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, SC, for Appellees.  Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, John A. Bryson, Alan S. Tenenbaum, Randall M. Stone, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC;  Nina Rivera, Christine McCullouch, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States.