Edison Brothers Stores, Inc. (1999)

Company

  • Pre-filing annual sales: $1,961 (millions of current dollars)
  • Pre-filing assets: $797 (millions of current dollars)
  • Pre-filing number of employees: 14,639
  • Sub-industry: 56 Apparel And Accessory Stores
  • Place of incorporation: DE
  • Court for city of headquarters: MO St. Louis
  • 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: March 9, 1999
  • Judge at filing: Mary F. Walrath
  • Court district of filing: DE
  • Court city of filing: Wilmington
  • Case number: 99-00529
  • Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
  • Forum shop? Forum Shop

  • Case transferred? no
  • Destination court of transfer: not applicable
  • Creditors committee appointed? yes
  • ยง363 sale: 363 sale
  • Dip loan final approval? yes
  • Plan type: free fall

  • Disposition status: converted
  • Date of disposition: July 5, 2000
  • Judge at disposition: Mary F. Walrath
  • Days from filing to disposition: 484

After the case

  • Did firm emerge? company did not emerge
  • Did firm refile? not emerged 5 years


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