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Shaw Group Inc. v. SWE&C Liquidating Trust (In re Stone & Webster Inc.)

Shaw Group Inc. v. SWE&C Liquidating Trust (In re Stone & Webster Inc.)

Ruling
Bankruptcy court properly denied motion by purchaser of debtor's assets to intervene in adversary proceeding based on alleged subrogation rights to creditor's claim.
Procedural posture

Appellant, a buyer of debtors'assets, challenged an order of the bankruptcy court of the District of Delaware denying its motion to intervene under Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(a)(1), (2) and 11 U.S.C.S. § 1109(b) in an adversary the debtors, a company and its subsidiary, filed to contest their liability under the company's guarantee of any award against the subsidiary's joint venture in connection with an oil company contract.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on November 13, 2008 , LexisNexis #1208-103