Phoenix Steel Corp.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $437 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $406 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 1,800
• Sub-industry: 33 Primary Metal Industries
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: DE Wilmington
• In business at filing? emerged

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Levin Weintraub
• Date of filing: August 12, 1983
• Judge at filing: Helen S. Balick
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 83-290
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Filed at headquarters


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


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: July 31, 1985
• Judge at disposition: Helen S. Balick
• Days from filing to disposition: 719

After the case

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