Montgomery Ward Holding Corp. (1997)

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $12,242 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $9,022 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 58,100
• Sub-industry: 53 General Merchandise Stores
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: IL Chicago
• 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: July 7, 1997
• Judge at filing: Peter J. Walsh
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 97-01409
• 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: July 15, 1999
• Judge at disposition: Peter J. Walsh
• Days from filing to disposition: 738

After the case

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