Opinion
CASE NO. 00-CV-00005-DT
May 10, 2004
Dow Corning Corporation and the Official Committee of Tort Claimants (the "Proponents"), having filed an Ex Parte Motion (the "Ex Parte Motion") for an expedited hearing on, and to shorten notice and objection period for, the Motion of Plan Proponents for Order Authorizing Payment of First Priority Payments Pursuant to Amended Plan of Reorganization (the "Payment 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 Payment Motion,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:
1. The Ex Parte Motion is hereby GRANTED.
2. Service of the Payment Motion via overnight delivery on the parties listed in Paragraph 1(A) of the Fourth Amended Case Management and Administrative Order entered by the Court on November 1, 2001, and via first class mail, postage prepaid, upon the parties listed on Special Service List #111, is deemed proper notice for the Payment Motion.
3. The Payment Motion is set for hearing on May 20, 2004 at 9:00 a.m.
4. Any objection to the Payment Motion 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).