Free Request for Oral Argument - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ,
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
In re: ) Chapter 11
FEDERAL-MOGUL GLOBAL INC., ) Case No. O1-10578 (RTL)
T&N LIMITED, et al.,' ) (lointly Administered) _
Debtors. )
COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC., ) Civil Action No. 05-4l IHR
Appellant, )
) Appeal No. 04-142
v. ) I
) [Related to Docket Nos. 10, 11 + 13]
OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF ASBESTOS )
CLAIMANTS, OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF )
UNSECURED CREDITORS, LEGAL )
' The U.S. Debtors are Carter Automotive Company, Ine., Federal-Mogul Corporation, Federal-Mogul Dutch Holdings Inc., Federal-Mogul FX, _
Inc., Federal-Mogul Global Inc., Federal-Mogul Global Properties, Inc., Federal-Mogul Ignition Company, Federal-Mogul Mystic, Inc., Federal- `
Mogul Piston Rings, Inc., Federal-Mogul Powertrain, Inc., Federal-Mogul Products. Inc., Federal-Mogul Puerto Rico, Inc., Federal-Mogul Tri-
Way, Inc., Federal-Mogul U.I<. Holdings, Inc., Federal-Mogul Venture Corporation, Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc., Felt Products
Manufacturing Co., FM lntemational LLC, Ferodo America, Inc., Gasket Holdings Inc., J.W.J. Holdings, Inc., McCord Sealing, Inc., and T&N p
Industries Inc. `
The English Debtors are AE Dayton Services Limited, AE Group Machines Limited, AE Holdings Limited, AE lntemational Limited, AE
Limited, AE Piston Products Limited, AE Sales (Africa) Limited, Aeroplane & Motor Aluminium Castings Limited, Amber Supervision Limited,
Ashburton Road Services Limited, Associated Engineering Group Limited, Awncast Limited, Bearings (North-Westem) Limited, Brake Linings E
Limited, Colvan Rubber Co. Limited, Contact l00 Limited, Cosmid Limited, Cranhold Limited, Dealings Limited, Dumplington Services Q
Limited, Duron Limited, E W Engineering Limited, Edmunds, Walker &Co. Limited, Engineering Components Limited, Federal-Mogul ·
Acquisition Company Limited, Federal-Mogul Aflemiarket UK Limited, Federal-Mogul Bradford Limited, Federal-Mogul Brake Systems
Limited, Federal-Mogul Bridgwater Limited, Federal-Mogul Camshaft Castings Limited, Federal-Mogul Camshafts Limited, Federal-M•ul
Engineering Limited, Federal-Mogul Eurofriction Limited, Federal-Mogul Export Services Limited, Federal-Mogul Friction Products Limited, pj
Federal-Mogul Global Growth Limited, Federal-Mogul Ignition (U.K.) Limited, Federal-Mogul Powertrain Systems lntemational Limited, `
Federal-Mogul Sealing Systems (Cardiff) Limited, Federal-Mogul Sealing Systems (Rochdale) Limited, Federal-Mogul Sealing Systems
(Slough) Limited, Federal-Mogul Sealing Systems Limited, Federal-Mogul Shoreham Limited, Federal-Mogul Sintered Products Limited,
Federal-Mogul Systems Protection Group Limited, Federal-Mogul Technology Limited, Federal-Mogul U.K. Limited, Ferodo Caemarfon
Limited, Ferodo Limited, FHE Technology Limited, Fleetside Investments Limited, F-M UK Holding Limited, FP Diesel Limited, Friction
Materials Limited, G.B. Tools & Components Exports Limited, Genthope Limited, Greet Limited, Halls Gaskets Limited, Hepworth & Grandage
Limited, High Precision Equipment Limited, Inblot Limited, Instantwonder Limited, J.W. Roberts Limited, Kings Park Housing Limited, Lalton
Limited, Lanoth Limited, Lanoth Precision Equipment Limited, Leeds Piston Ring & Engineering Co. Limited, M.T.A. (Kettering) Limited,
Mantro Engineering Co. Limited, Mobile Distributing (Spares) Limi ted, Moores Plastic Units Limited, Newalls Insulation Company Limited,
Ontall Limited, Payen (Europe) Limited, Fecal Limited, Presswork-Components Limited, Sintration Limited, Sourcelook Limited, Specialloid,
Limited, STS (1996) Limited, TAF lntemational Limited, T&N Holdings Limited, T&N lntemational Limited, T&N Investments Limited, T&N
Limited, T&N Materials Research Limited, T&N Piston Products Group Limited, T&N Properties Limited, T&N Shelf Eight Limited, T&N gg
Shelf Eighteen Limited, T&N Shelf Fifteen Limited, T&N Shelf Five Limited, T&N Shelf Four Limited, T&N Shelf Fourteen Limited, T&N
Shelf Nine Limited, T&N Shelf Nineteen Limited, T&N ShelfOne Limited, T&N Shelf Seven Limited, T&N Shelf Six Limited, T&N Shelf ` _
Sixteen Limited, T&N Shelf Ten Limited, T&N Shelf Thirteen Limited, T&N Shelf Thirty Limited, T&N Shelf Thirty-One Limited, T&N Shelf j ‘
Thirty-Three Limited, T&N Shelf Three Limited, T&N Shelf Twenty Limited, T&N Shelf Twenty-Eight Limited, T&N Shelf Twenty-Five `
Limited, T&N Shelf Twenty-Four Limited, T&N Shelf Twenty-Nine Limited, T&N Shelf Twenty-One Limited, T&N Shelf Twenty-Six Limited, `
T&N Shelf Twenty-Two Limited, T&N Shelf Two Limited, T&N Trade Marks Limited, T&N Welfare Trust Limited, TBA Belting Limited,
TBA Betting (Residual) Limited, TBA Industrial Products Limited, Telford Rubber Processors Limited, Telford Technology Supplies Limited,
The British Piston Ring Company Limited, The Washington Chemical Company Limited, Tinblo Limited, Touchdown Adhesive Products
Limited, Tumer & Newall Limited, Tumer Brothers Asbestos Company Limited, Tynoda Limited, Vanwall Cars Limited, Wellworthy Limited,
Wellworthy Property Developments Limited, and William C. Jones (Polymers) Limited. Unlike all the other English Debtors, T&N Investments
Limited is a Scottish rather than English company and has commenced administration proceedings in Scotland rather than England in 2002.
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REPRESENTATIVE FOR FUTURE )
ASBESTOS CLAIMANTS, JPMORGAN )
CHASE BANK, as Administrative Agent, )
OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF EQUITY )
SECURITY HOLDERS, FEDERAL-MOGUL )
GLOBAL INC., T&N LIMITED, et al., )
)
Appellees. )
)
APPELLEES’ REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
Federal-Mogul Global Inc., T&N Limited et al. (collectively and as identified in
footnote I hereto, the "Debtors"), the Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants, the Legal
Representative for Future Asbestos Claimants, the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Administrative Agent, and the Official Committee of Equity Security
Holders (collectively, the "Appellees") hereby request oral argument with respect to the above- 3
captioned appeal (the “Appeal") pursuant to D. Del. L.R. 7.1.4 and Federal Rule of Bankruptcy J
Procedure 8012. ’ -
At this juncture, the parties have completed their briefing with respect to the
Appeal. The Appellees submit that oral argument is warranted in this case because there are
significant discrepancies between the factual and legal issues presented by the Appellants and the (
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Appellees in their respective papers. Accordingly, the decisional process would be aided by a
more fulsome discussion before the Court of the facts and legal issues presented in the pa1ties’
briefs.
Dated: March 10, 2005 Respectfully submitted,
PACHULSKI, STANG, ZIEHL, YOUNG, JONES
& WEINTRAUB P.C.
Z,. O é %%¤\
_ a Davis Jones (Bar No. 2436)
James E. O’Nei1l (Bar No. 4042) ·
919 North Market Street, 16m Floor
P.O. Box 8705
Wilmington, Delaware 19899-8705 (Courier 19801)
Telephone: (302) 652-4100
Facsimile: (302) 652-4400 l
Tandt
SIDLEY AUSTIN BROWN & WOOD LLP n
James F. Conlan
Larry J. Nyhan
Kevin T. Lantry
Kenneth P. Kansa
Bank One Plaza
10 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
(312) 853-7000 “
Attorneys for Debtors and Debtors-in—Possession Y
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