United States Sixth Circuit

In an action by a creditors' committee alleging negligence by the corporation's directors, the dismissal of Defendant-Directors' appeal of the order forming the committee is affirmed, where Defendants lacked standing to appeal the order because the mere fact that it authorized the committee to sue Defendants did not render Defendants aggrieved.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/23/2009
• Published 03/23/2009

Judges

• Before: KENNEDY, COLE, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Thomas S. Kilbane, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, Ohio, Gregory R. Farkas, Frantz Ward, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellants.   Michael Andrew VanNiel, Baker & Ho Stetler, Cleveland, Ohio, Amy L. Good, Office of The U.S. Trustee, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Thomas S. Kilbane, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, Ohio, Gregory R. Farkas, James B. Niehaus, Frantz Ward, Cleveland, Ohio, Robert R. Kracht, McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellants.  Michael Andrew VanNiel, Matthew Goldman, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, Ohio, Amy L. Good, Office of the U.S. Trustee, Cleveland, Ohio, P. Matthew Sutko, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.