Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $281 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $455 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 6,005
• Sub-industry: 72 Personal Services
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: NJ Newark
• 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: May 24, 2011
• Judge at filing: Mary F. Walrath
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 11-11587
• 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? no
• Plan type: prepackaged


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: August 9, 2011
• Judge at disposition: Mary F. Walrath
• Days from filing to disposition: 77

After the case

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