Laroche Industries Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $675 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $675 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 915
• Sub-industry: 51 Wholesale Trade-non-durable Goods
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: GA Atlanta
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Young Conaway
• Date of filing: May 3, 2000
• Judge at filing: Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 00-01859
• 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? yes
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: August 23, 2001
• Judge at disposition: John C. Akard
• Days from filing to disposition: 477

After the case

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