Opinion
CASE NO. 95-20512
May 10, 2004
EX PARTE ORDER SHORTENING NOTICE OF, AND SETTING EXPEDITED HEARING ON, MOTION BY PLAN PROPONENTS TO MODIFY PLAN PROVISIONS FOR CLASSES 4 AND 4A
Dow Corning Corporation and the Official Committee of Tort Claimants (the "Proponents"), having filed an Ex Parte Motion for Expedited Hearing on, and to Shorten Notice and Objection Period for, Motion by Plan Proponents to Modify Plan Provisions for Classes 4 and 4A (the "Ex Parte Motion"), and the Court having reviewed the Ex Parte Motion and found pursuant to Rule 9006(c) of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and Local Rule 9006-1(b) for the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan that good cause exists to shorten the notice and objection period for, and to set an expedited hearing on, the Motion by Plan Proponents to Modify Plan Provisions for Classes 4 and 4A (the "Motion to Modify"),
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:
1. The Ex Parte Motion is hereby GRANTED.
2. Service of the Motion to Modify and the Ex Parte Motion on counsel for the official Committees by overnight delivery and either telecopy or email, and upon all Class 4 and Class 4A claimants by first class mail, at the last address known to the Debtor, is deemed proper notice for the Motion to Modify.
3. The Motion to Modify is set for hearing on May 20, 2004 at 9:00 a.m.
4. Any objection to the Motion to Modify must be filed no later than May 19, 2004, and a copy of any objection must be served so that it is actually received no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 19, 2004 by counsel for each of the Plan Proponents (George H. Tarpley, Neligan Tarpley Andrews Foley LLP, 1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 2600, Dallas, TX 75201, fax 214-840-5301 for Dow Corning Corporation; and Kenneth H. Eckstein, Kramer Levin Naftalis Frankel, 919 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022, fax 212-715-8000 for the Tort Claimants' Committee).