Wickes Companies, Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $11,000 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $4,855 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 40,500
• Sub-industry: 52 Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply, And Mobile Home Dealers
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: CA Los Angeles
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Stutman Treister
• Date of filing: April 24, 1982
• Judge at filing: William Lasarow
• Court district of filing: CA CD
• Court city of filing: Los Angeles
• Case number: 82-06657
• 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: September 21, 1984
• Judge at disposition: William J. Lasarow
• Days from filing to disposition: 881

After the case

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