Loewen Group, Inc.

Company

  • Pre-filing annual sales: $2,029 (millions of current dollars)
  • Pre-filing assets: $8,347 (millions of current dollars)
  • Pre-filing number of employees: 16,700
  • Sub-industry: 72 Personal Services
  • Place of incorporation: Canada
  • Court for city of headquarters: Outside United States
  • In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

  • Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
  • Who filed case? debtors
  • Debtor's lead attorney: Jones Day
  • Date of filing: June 1, 1999
  • Judge at filing: data not available
  • Court district of filing: DE
  • Court city of filing: Wilmington
  • Case number: 99-01244
  • Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
  • Forum shop? Forum Shop

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

  • Disposition status: confirmed
  • Date of disposition: December 5, 2001
  • Judge at disposition: Peter J. Walsh
  • Days from filing to disposition: 918

After the case

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


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