Free Notice of Appeal (Third Circuit) - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:06-cv-00158-JJF Document 15 Filed O4/O3/2007 Page 1 of 4
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
In re: | Chapter 11
I
NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION, I Case No. 03-l2872 (KJ C)
I
Reorganized Debtor. I
———-———~———-———-———I
THE PLAN COMMITTEE OF I
NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION, I
I
Appellant, I
I
v. I Civil Action No. 06-00157 — JJF
I
NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION, et al., I
I
Appellees. I
——~————————————I
AD HOC COMMITTEE OF CLASS 7 I
DEBTHOLDERS, I
I
Appellant, |
I
v. I Civil Action No. 06-00158 - JJF
I
NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION, at al., I
I
Appellees. I
I
JOINT NOTICE OF APPEAL TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF
APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
Magten Asset Management Corporation and Law Debenture Trust Company of New
York, appellees in the above-captioned civil actions, appeal to the United States Court of
Appeals for the Third Circuit from the Memorandum Opinion and Final Order of the United
States District Court for the District of Delaware entered on March 6, 2007 [D.I. 21 & 22, Civil
Action No. 06-00157; D.l. 12 & 13, Civil Action No. 06-00158], reversing and remanding the
iz0osv.on6ouI4ui6aIo6v.1

Case 1 :06-cv-00158-JJF Document 15 Filed O4/O3/2007 Page 2 of 4
February 2, 2006 Order ofthe Bankruptcy Court denying the Plan Committee’s Motion In Aid of
Consummation And Implementation Of The Plan For Order Authorizing And Directing
Northwestern Corporation To Distribute Surplus Distributions.
Dated: April 3, 2007
BLANK ROME LLP
/s/ David W Carickhoff Jr.
Bonnie Glantz Fatell (DE No. 3809)
Dale R. Dubé (DE No. 2863)
David W. Carickhoft`, Jr. (DE No. 3715)
1201 Market Street, Suite 800
Wilmington, DE 19801
Telephone: (302) 425-6400
Facsimile: (302) 425-6464
-and-
FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER &
JACOBSON LLP
Bonnie Steingart
Gary Kaplan
John W. Brewer
One New York Plaza
New York, NY 10004
Telephone: (212) 859-8000
Facsimile: (212) 859-4000
Counsel for Magten Asset Management
Corporation
AND
120087.0l600/40168106v.l

Case 1 :06-cv-00158-JJF Document 15 Filed O4/O3/2007 Page 3 of 4
SMITH, KATZENSTEIN & FURLOW, LLP
/s/ Kathleen M Miller
Kathleen M. Miller (DE No. 2898)
800 Delaware Avenue, 7m Floor
P.O. Box 410
Wilmington, DE 19899
Telephone: (302) 652-8400
Facsimile: (302) 652-8405
-and—
NIXON PEABODY LLP
John V. Snellings
Amanda Darwin
100 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02110
Telephone: (617) 345-1201
Facsimile: (866) 947-1732
Counsel for Law Debenture Trust Company
of New York
l20087.0l600/40I68106v,l

Case 1 :06-cv-00158-JJF Document 15 Filed O4/O3/2007 Page 4 of 4
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 3'd day of April, 2007, I served by hand delivery and
electronic tiling the JOINT NOTICE OF APPEAL TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF
APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT, using CM/ECF which will send notification of such
Ii1ing(s) to the following:
Victoria Watson Counihan, Esquire Neil B. Glassman, Esquire
Dennis A. Meloro, Esquire Charlene D. Davis, Esquire
Greenberg Traurig LLP Eric M. Sutty, Esquire
The Nemours Building The Bayard Firm
1007 North Orange Street, Suite 1200 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 900
Wilmington, DE 19801 P.O. Box 25130
Wilmington, DE 19899
Adam G. Landis, Esquire
Kerri K. Mumford, Esquire
Rebecca L. Butcher, Esquire
Landis Rath & Cobb LLP
919 Market Street, Suite 600
Wilmington, DE 19801
I also certify that, on this 3rd day of April, 2007, I served the aforementioned document,
by e—mail and Federal Express, upon the following participants:
Alan W. Kornberg, Esquire Steven J. Reisman, Esquire
Margaret A. Phillips, Esquire Joseph D. Pizzurro, Esquire
Ephraim I. Diamond, Esquire Nancy E. Delaney, Esquire
Paul Weiss, Ritkind, Wharton & Garrison Miriam K. Harwood, Esquire
1285 Avenue of the Americas Curtis, Mal1et—Prevost, Colt & Mosie LLP
New York, NY 10019 101 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10178-0061
Philip Bentley, Esquire
Matthew J. Williams, Esquire
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
1177 Avenue ofthe Americas
New York, NY 10036
/s/ David W Ccrrickhoff, Jr.
David W. Carickhoff, Jr. (DE No. 3715)
120087.0l600f40l68106v. 1