Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. (1985)

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $2,935 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $3,386 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 8,200
• Sub-industry: 33 Primary Metal Industries
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: PA Pittsburgh
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Fried Frank
• Date of filing: April 16, 1985
• Judge at filing: Warren W. Bentz
• Court district of filing: PA WD
• Court city of filing: Pittsburgh
• Case number: no data
• Cause of bankruptcy: Pension
• Forum shop? Filed at headquarters


• Case transferred? yes
• Destination court of transfer: Erie, Pennsylvania
• 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: December 18, 1990
• Judge at disposition: Warren W. Bentz
• Days from filing to disposition: 2072

After the case

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