In re Best Reception Systems, Inc.
| Decision Date | 05 March 1998 |
| Docket Number | 97-3181,97-3168,97-3106 to 97-3109,Adversary No. 97-3051,97-31,Bankruptcy No. 97-31372,97-3210 to 97-3212,97-3241,97-3113,97-3199,97-3144 to 97-3166,97-3170,97-3132,97-3178,97-3123,97-3202,98-3006 to 98-3008,97-3252,97-3182,97-3232 |
| Citation | 220 BR 932 |
| Parties | In re BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., Debtor. BENEFICIAL NATIONAL BANK USA, Plaintiff, v. BEST RECEPTIONS SYSTEMS, INC., Defendants (5 Cases). Geneva JOHNSON, Joel Stephenson, Plaintiffs, v. RICKLES ELECTRONICS & SATELLITES, et al., Defendants. Donald HICKS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SKY-LINK CABLE, INC., et al., Defendants. Sykes POTTER, Plaintiff, v. STAR VISION, INC., Defendant. Mary WILLIAMS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Maurice STINSON, et al., Defendants. Robert BLAYLOCK, Plaintiff, v. STAR VIEW WIRELESS CABLE, INC., Defendants. Angela R. SMITH, Plaintiff, v. C.A.M.P. UNLIMITED, INC., et al., Defendants. James ANDERSON, Plaintiff, v. BENEFICIAL NATIONAL BANK USA, Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff. Michael COAKER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GULF COAST ELECTRONICS, Defendant. Timmy HOLIFIELD, Plaintiff, v. GULF COAST ELECTRONICS, et al., Defendants. 933*933 Jery COAKER, Plaintiff, v. GULF COAST ELECTRONICS, Defendant. Doris MOBLEY, Plaintiff, v. CABLE UNLIMITED, et al., Defendants. Mary CAMPBELL, Plaintiff, v. CABLE VIEW, INC., Defendant. Dorothy PORTIS, Plaintiff, v. CABLEVIEW, INC., et al., Defendants. Aestean YOUNG, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Wayne DILLARD, Plaintiff, v. HOME CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., et al., Defendants. Len ANDERSON, Plaintiff, v. BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Judith M. EDWARDS, Plaintiff, v. STAR VIDEO SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Patricia Moss MAHONE, Plaintiff, v. BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Willie George McCALL, Plaintiff, v. C.A.M.P. CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., et al., Defendants. Duffie GOLDSMITH, Plaintiff, v. C.A.M.P. CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., et al., Defendants. Robert L. BATTLE, Plaintiff, v. BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Moses L. SMITH, Plaintiff, v. BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Roosevelt McCALL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. C.A.M.P. CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., et al., Defendants. James MERRIWETHER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., et al., Defendants. Mae B. STEWART, Plaintiff, v. C.A.M.P. CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., et al., Defendants. Starling BROWN, Plaintiff, v. HOME CABLE CONCEPTS, Defendant. Jessie M. STINSON, Plaintiff, v. BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Ivy HOWARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Clarence E. WHEELER, Plaintiff, v. HOME CABLE CONCEPTS, Defendant. 934*934 Oscar PENN, Plaintiff, v. Pearl GAUNTT, et al., Defendants. Horace JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. C.A.M.P. CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., et al., Defendants. Steven H. FISHER, Plaintiff, v. ALABAMA CABLEVISION, INC., Defendant. Gary TIDWELL, Plaintiff, v. BEST RECEPTION SYSTEMS, INC., Sky-Line Cable, Defendants. Keith CALDWELL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. HOME CABLE CONCEPTS OF TENNESSEE, INC., et al., Defendants. Christopher B. SEALE, Plaintiff, v. HOME CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., Defendant. Alice THREATT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. COMBINED CABLE SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Ian RICHARDS, Plaintiff, v. HOME VIDEO ELECTRONICS, INC., Defendant. Preston BALLARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GULF COAST ELECTRONICS, INC., et al., Defendants. Eddie CUSTARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. HOME CABLE CONCEPTS OF TENNESSEE, INC., et al., Defendants. Ethel FIKES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. HOME CABLE CONCEPTS OF TENNESSEE, INC., et al., Defendants. HOME CABLE CONCEPTS OF TENNESSEE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. HOUSEHOLD RETAIL SERVICES, INC., Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff. Elaine Hackman SMITH, Plaintiff, v. RTO CABLE SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Larue PERRYMAN, Plaintiff, v. SATELLITE CONNECTIONS, INC., et al., Defendants. Howard ESCO, Plaintiff, v. C.A.M.P. UNLIMITED, INC., et al., Defendants. James J. DAVIS, Plaintiff, v. The SOURCE CARD, et al., Defendants. Gladys FREEMAN, Plaintiff, v. H & H CABLE SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Defendants. Jimmy JACKSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. C.A.M.P. CABLE CONCEPTS, INC., et al., Defendants. Julius LANIER, Plaintiff, v. SPS TRANSACTION SERVICES, INC., et al., Defendants. 935*935 Ethel JENKINS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. HURLEY STATE BANK, Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff. |
| Court | U.S. Bankruptcy Court — Eastern District of Tennessee |
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Memory & Gilliland, L.L.C., Von G. Memory, Montgomery, AL, Jenkins & Jenkins, Michael H. Fitzpatrick, Knoxville, TN, for Plaintiffs in Adversary Proceeding Nos. 97-3135, 97-3136, 97-3146, 97-3150, 97-3151, 97-3153, and 97-3165.
King, Ivey & Warren, Barry A. Ragsdale, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs in Adversary Proceeding Nos. 97-3123, 97-3162, 97-3185, 97-3202, 97-3241, 98-3006, 98-3007, and 98-3008.
Azar & Azar, George B. Azar, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiffs in Adversary Proceeding Nos. 97-3164, 97-3168, and 97-3199.
Parker & Mooty, P.C., Edward B. Parker, II, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiffs in Adversary Proceeding Nos. 97-3133, 97-3155, 97-3157, 97-3158, 97-3161, and 97-3163.
Ted L. Mann, P.C., Ted L. Mann, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs in Adversary Proceeding Nos. 97-3154 and 97-3181.
Hardin & Hawkins, Jeffrey G. Blackwell, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs in Adversary Proceeding Nos. 97-3156 and 97-3159.
Charles H. Morris, III, Selma, AL, for Plaintiffs in Adversary Proceeding No. 97-3231.
Neal H. Howard, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff in Adversary Proceeding No. 97-3252.
Roger K. Futson, Birmingham, AL, John M. Gibbs, Demopolis, AL, for Plaintiff in Adversary Proceeding No. 97-3258.
Walker & Walker, P.C., John A. Walker, Jr., Knoxville, TN, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Vincent Marriot, III, Philadelphia, PA, for Beneficial National Bank USA.
Walker & Walker, P.C., John A. Walker, Jr., Knoxville, TN, Sirote & Permutt, Stephen B. Porterfield, Wilson F. Green, Birmingham, AL, for Hurley State Bank.
Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Patrick Darby, Andrew J. Noble, Birmingham, AL, Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Richard B. Gossett, Nelwyn Inman, Knoxville, TN, for Household Retail Services, Inc.
Sasser & Walker, P.C., James T. Sasser, Rebecca A. Walker, Gadsden, AL, for Rickles Electronics & Satellites.
Kramer, Rayson, Leake, Rodgers & Morgan, Thomas M. Hale, Knoxville, TN, for Home Cable Concepts, Inc., Sonny Allen, Cecil Williams, Kevin Boyer, Gary Ganster, Max Billings, Emily Tallent and Webber Phavis.
Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, L.L.P., Michael W. Ewell, Knoxville, TN, for SuperStar Satellite Entertainment, Inc.
Carpenter & O'Connor, J. Gregory O'Connor, Knoxville, TN, for Cable Alternatives, Inc., Ray Ogle, John Coe, and Susan Ogle.
Johnny Hardwick, Montgomery, AL, for Camp Cable Concepts, Inc., Camp Unlimited, Inc., Leon C. Allen, Shirley Allen, Maurice Stinson, and Carl Hamilton.
Hodges, Doughty & Carson, Dean B. Farmer, Knoxville, TN, Weems & House, Kyle R. Weems, Chattanooga, TN, for Best Reception Systems, Inc.
MEMORANDUM ON JOINT MOTION TO ALTER OR AMEND JUDGMENT FILED BY DEFENDANTS BENEFICIAL NATIONAL BANK USA and HURLEY STATE BANK and PLAINTIFFS' MOTIONS FOR ABSTENTION AND/OR REMAND
All but one of the fifty-four adversary proceedings identified in the caption of this memorandum were transferred to this court from various bankruptcy courts in Alabama.1 These fifty-three actions were initially commenced in an Alabama state circuit court and thereafter removed to an Alabama bankruptcy court pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 1452(a) (West 1994).2 Thirteen of these actions were removed by a defendant, Beneficial National Bank USA (Beneficial); thirty-three were removed by a defendant, Household Retail Services, Inc. (Household); and eight were removed by a defendant, Hurley State Bank (Hurley).3 Beneficial, Household, and Hurley are not joined as co-defendants in any adversary proceeding but are named, individually, as defendants only in those adversary proceedings which each removed. The Debtor is named as an original party defendant and cross-defendant or as a third party defendant in all but four of the adversaries: 97-3252, 98-3006, 98-3007, and 98-3008. The court has not consolidated the adversary proceedings for trial but is utilizing a consolidated caption solely to facilitate the entry of orders dealing with common pretrial issues.
On September 25, 1997, the court held a joint scheduling conference in all adversary proceedings pending at that time. At the scheduling conference, the court, on its own motion, determined that each of the removed adversary proceedings was non-core but related to the Debtor's Chapter 11 case. Specifically, the Order emanating from the September 25, 1997 scheduling conference, entered on September 30, 1997, recites in material part:4
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