Michigan General Corporation (1987)

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,017 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $530 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 3,200
• Sub-industry: 52 Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply, And Mobile Home Dealers
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: NJ Newark
• In business at filing? emerged

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Akin Gump
• Date of filing: April 22, 1987
• Judge at filing: data not available
• Court district of filing: TX ND
• Court city of filing: Dallas
• Case number: 87-32191
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? no data in published sources
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? data not available
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: April 1, 1988
• Judge at disposition: Harold C. Abramson
• Days from filing to disposition: 345

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, refiled