IN RE DIOCESE OF BUFFALO, N.Y.

BK 20-10322 CLB.

655 B.R. 72 (2023)

IN RE the DIOCESE OF BUFFALO, N.Y., Debtor.

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. New York.

Signed November 14, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, Ilan D. Scharf, Esq., Brittany M. Michael, Esq., James I. Stang, Esq., and Iain A. W. Nasatir, Esq., of counsel, 780 Third Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, New York 10017, Attorneys for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Stephen A. Donato, Esq., of counsel, One Lincoln Center, Syracuse, New York, 13202-1355, Attorneys for The Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y.

O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Tancred V. Schiavoni, Esq., and Adam P. Haberkorn, Esq., of counsel, Times Square Tower, 7 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, Attorneys for Aetna Insurance Company.

Clyde & Co. US LLP, Marianne G. May, Esq., of counsel, 340 Mt. Kemble Ave., Suite 300, Morristown, New Jersey 07340, Attorneys for Aetna Insurance Company.

Goldberg Segalla LLP, Jonathan Schapp, Esq., and Adam R. Durst, Esq., of counsel 665 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203-1425, Attorneys for Employers Insurance Company of Wausau, Wausau Underwriters Insurance Company, Nationwide Insurance Company of America, and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.

Gibbons P.C., Brett S. Theisen, Esq., and Robert K. Malone, Esq., of counsel, One Gateway Center, Newark, New Jersey 07102, Attorneys for Selective Insurance Company of New York.

Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak LLP, Judith Treger Shelton, Esq., of counsel, The Calumet Building, 233 Franklin Street, Buffalo, New York 14202, Attorneys for Selective Insurance Company of New York.

Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP, William T. Corbett, Jr. Esq., and Laura A. Brady, Esq., of counsel, 350 Mount Kemble Avenue, PO Box 1917, Morristown, New Jersey 07962, Attorneys for Selective Insurance Company of New York.

Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP, Steven G. Adams, Esq., and Tanya M. Mascarich, Esq., of counsel, 88 Pine Street, 28th Floor, New York, New York 10005, Attorneys for Arrowood Indemnity Company.

Crowell & Moring LLP, Miranda Turner, Esq., of counsel, 1001 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20004, Attorneys for National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.

Crowell & Moring LLP, Mark D. Plevin, Esq., of counsel, 3 Embarcadero Center, Ste 26th Floor, San Francisco, California 94111, Attorneys for National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.

Carlton Fields, PA, Robert W. DiUbaldo, Esq., of counsel, 405 Lexington Avenue, 36th Floor, New York, New York 10174-0002, Attorneys for National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.

Barclay Damon LLP, Jeffrey A. Dove, Esq., of counsel, 125 East Jefferson Street, Syracuse, New York 13202, Attorneys for The Continental Insurance Company.

Gimigliano Mauriello & Maloney, PA, John Maloney, Esq., of counsel, 163 Madison Avenue, Suite 500, P.O. Box 1449, Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1449, Attorneys for Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Hartford Fire Insurance Company and First State Insurance Company.

Dentons US LLP, Geoffrey M. Miller, Esq., of counsel, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, Attorneys for St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, Traveler's Indemnity Company and U.S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company.

Office of the U.S. Trustee, Joseph W. Allen, Esq., Assistant U.S. Trustee, Olympic Towers, 300 Pearl Street, Suite 401, Buffalo, New York 14202.


DECISION & ORDER

In this Chapter 11 case, the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors has moved under Bankruptcy Rule 2004 for authority to examine various entities and to serve subpoenas to compel a response. Issues include whether the movant has sustained its burden...

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