Ames Department Stores, Inc. (1990)

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $4,960 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $5,229 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 55,000
• Sub-industry: 53 General Merchandise Stores
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: CT Hartford
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Skadden Arps
• Date of filing: April 25, 1990
• Judge at filing: James A. Goodman
• Court district of filing: NY SD
• Court city of filing: New York
• Case number: 90-11233
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? data not available
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: December 18, 1992
• Judge at disposition: Howard C. Buschman III
• Days from filing to disposition: 968

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, did not refile