Eagle-Picher Industries Inc. (1991)

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,542 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $912 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 7,600
• Sub-industry: 35 Industrial and Commercial Machinery and Computer Equipment
• Place of incorporation: OH
• Court for city of headquarters: OH Cincinnati
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Weil Gotshal
• Date of filing: January 7, 1991
• Judge at filing: Burton Perlman
• Court district of filing: OH SD
• Court city of filing: Cincinnati
• Case number: 91-10100
• Cause of bankruptcy: Asbestos
• 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? yes
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: November 18, 1996
• Judge at disposition: S. Arthur Spiegel
• Days from filing to disposition: 2142

After the case

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