Cook United Inc. (1984)

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,566 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $468 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 5,454
• Sub-industry: 53 General Merchandise Stores
• Place of incorporation: OH
• Court for city of headquarters: OH Cleveland
• In business at filing? emerged

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Burns Summit
• Date of filing: October 1, 1984
• Judge at filing: John F. Ray
• Court district of filing: OH ND
• Court city of filing: Cleveland
• Case number: 84-02537
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Filed at headquarters


• 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: September 30, 1986
• Judge at disposition: John F. Ray
• Days from filing to disposition: 729

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, refiled