Party City Holdco Inc. v. Smith et al
Adversary Proceeding
Lead BK case is: 4:24-bk-90621
Lead BK case is: 4:24-bk-90621
| Texas Southern Bankruptcy Court | |
| Chapter 11 | |
| Judge: | Alfredo R Perez |
| Case #: | 4:25-ap-03062 |
| Nature of Suit | 2 Bankruptcy - Other 91 Bankruptcy - Declaratory judgment |
| Case Filed: | Feb 26, 2025 |
| Last checked: Friday Feb 28, 2025 1:27 PM CST |
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Sandra Kuruc
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Vincent Cleary
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Veronica Palmisano
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Veronica Beckett
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Vaibhav Jain
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Travis Olson
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Tanijua Malcolm-Sargeant
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Stephen Andrews
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Sonia Garza
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Sharon Keith
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Walter Linsley
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Samantha Acevedo
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Sabeen Afzal
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Ryan Putman
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Robin Robinson
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Polina Lewkowicz
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Per Sterner
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Pamela Wyman
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Nienu Roy
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Ashley Ruppel
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Cortnie Tango
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Cory Mongno
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Colleen Celmer
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Chelsea Flecker
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Charles Romero
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Carmella Romania
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Candace Piczon
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Brenna Phelan
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Asierria Coleman
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Nicole Schroeder
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Ashley Montes
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Angela Van Druten
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Andrew Warren
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Alyssa Longo
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Alisa Stewart
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Alexia Milone
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Alexandra Cappello
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Yesenia Fitzsimmons
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Jason Sakowski
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Joseph Orengo
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John Nantes
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John Morris
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Jessica Schoener
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Jensine May Dela Cruz
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Jennifer Ehlers
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Jennifer DiGirolamo
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Jennifer Collins
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Nicole Quinlan
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Ishita Ahmed
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Hyun Kim
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Harshil Patel
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Edgar Mendoza
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Donna DAlfonso
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Dawn Casale
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Curtis Bradshaw
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Craig Smith
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Kartik Kolluri
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Nicole Chmielewski
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Melissa Munz
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Melissa Librandi
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Melissa DiNaPoli
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Mark Metzinger
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Mark Jacobson
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Mark Cofone
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Maria Barraza
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Lorawn Dupree
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Lisa Wiley
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Lauren Pacini
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Larry Kikuchi
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Kevin Lauturner
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Kelly Fitzgerald
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Kate McHale
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Kaleigh Hordof
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Plaintiff
Party City Holdco Inc.
100 Tice Blvd.
Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 |
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| Docket last updated: 11 hours ago |
| Monday, March 24, 2025 | ||
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order
Seal
Mon 03/24 7:59 AM
Debtor's Motion of an Order (I) Authorizing the Debtors to File Exhibits Under Seal and (II) Granting Related Relief , Signed on 3/24/2025. (abm4) |
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| Sunday, March 16, 2025 | ||
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court
BNC Certificate of Mailing
Sun 03/16 11:29 PM
BNC Certificate of Mailing. No. of Notices: 1. Notice Date 03/16/2025. (Admin.) |
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| Friday, March 14, 2025 | ||
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order
Generic Order
Fri 03/14 4:21 PM
Stipulation and Agreed Order Staying the Deadlines in the Debtors' WARN Adversary Proceeding and the DiGirolamo WARN Proceeding, Signed on 3/14/2025 (abm4) |
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Stipulation
Fri 03/14 1:29 PM
Stipulation By Party City Holdco Inc. and DiGirolamo Plaintiffs, Smith Plaintiffs, Smith Defendants. Does this document include an agreed order or otherwise request that the judge sign a document? Yes. (Filed By Party City Holdco Inc. ) (Young-John, Megan) |
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| Monday, March 10, 2025 | ||
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notice
Notice
Mon 03/10 1:49 PM
Notice - Debtors' Notice of Intent to Adduce Testimony from a Remote Location by Telephone and Video Technology . Filed by Party City Holdco Inc. (Young-John, Megan) |
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| Thursday, March 06, 2025 | ||
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court
BNC Certificate of Mailing
Thu 03/06 11:48 PM
BNC Certificate of Mailing. No. of Notices: 1. Notice Date 03/06/2025. (Admin.) |
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BNC Certificate of Mailing
Thu 03/06 11:48 PM
BNC Certificate of Mailing. No. of Notices: 1. Notice Date 03/06/2025. (Admin.) |
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| Tuesday, March 04, 2025 | ||
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order
Generic Order
Tue 03/04 4:18 PM
Revised Stipulation and Agreed Order Staying the Deadlines in the Smith Warn Adversary Proceeding and the Digirolamo Warn Proceeding, Signed on 3/4/2025 (abm4) |
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court
Transcript
Tue 03/04 4:04 PM
Transcript RE: Emergency Motion - Debtors' Emergency Motion for (I) an Order (A) Declaring that the Automatic Stay Prohibits Certain Actions Against Non-Debtors or, in the Alternative, (B) Preliminary Enjoining Such Actions Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. 105 and (II) a Temporary Restraining Order Enjoining Certain Actions Against Non-Debtors held on 2/28/25 before Judge Alfredo Perez. Transcript is available for viewing in the Clerk's Office. Within 21 days, parties are advised to comply with privacy requirements of Fed. R. Bank. P. 9037, ensuring that certain protected information is redacted from transcripts prior to their availability on PACER. Filed by Transcript access will be restricted through 06/2/2025. (AccessTranscripts) |
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Notice
Tue 03/04 2:26 PM
Notice of Filing of Redline of the Stipulation and Agreed Order Staying the Deadlines in the Smith WARN Adversary Proceeding and the DiGirolamo WARN Proceeding . Filed by Party City Holdco Inc. (Young-John, Megan) |
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Exhibit 1
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Proposed Order
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Stipulation
Mon 03/03 6:20 PM
Stipulation By Party City Holdco Inc. and DiGirolamo Plaintiffs and the Smith Plaintiffs. Does this document include an agreed order or otherwise request that the judge sign a document? Yes. (Filed By Party City Holdco Inc. ) (Young-John, Megan) |
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| Sunday, March 02, 2025 | ||
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BNC Certificate of Mailing
Sun 03/02 11:29 PM
BNC Certificate of Mailing. No. of Notices: 1. Notice Date 03/02/2025. (Admin.) |
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| Friday, February 28, 2025 | ||
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order
Order for Conference (FORM) (MULTI)
Fri 02/28 5:21 PM
Order for Conference Pre-Trial Conference set for 5/19/2025 at 11:00 AM at Houston, Courtroom 400 (ARP). (tjl4) |
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audio
MP3
Fri 02/28 11:30 AM
PDF with attached Audio File. Court Date & Time [ 2/28/2025 10:00:00 AM ]. File Size [ 12767 KB ]. Run Time [ 00:26:36 ]. (admin) |
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Courtroom Minutes
Fri 02/28 10:31 AM
Courtroom Minutes. Time Hearing Held: 10:00 AM to 10:27 AM. Appearances: see log. Additional appearances: Monique DiSabatino, Theodore Hackel, Tara LeDay, Mike Matlat, Justin Fasaano, Candace Arthur. Argument heard. The parties have agreed to continue this matter until March 17, 2025, at 1:00 PM. Parties are to file an order with new deadlines as stated on the record. . Hearing scheduled for 3/17/2025 at 01:00 PM at telephone and video conference. (abm4) |
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| Thursday, February 27, 2025 | ||
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Agenda
Thu 02/27 5:14 PM
Agenda for Hearing on 2/28/2025 (Filed By Party City Holdco Inc. ). (Higgins, John) |
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motion
Seal Document Motion or Other Pleading
Thu 02/27 4:43 PM
Motion to Seal - Debtors' Motion for Entry of an Order (I) Authorizing the Debtors to File Exhibits Under Seal and (II) Granting Related Relief Filed by Party City Holdco Inc. (Higgins, John) |
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Proposed Order
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Sealed Document
Thu 02/27 4:02 PM
Sealed Document - Debtors' Witness and Exhibit List for Emergency Hearing on February 28, 2025 (Filed By Party City Holdco Inc. ). (Young-John, Megan) |
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Exhibit 6
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Exhibit List
Thu 02/27 3:46 PM
Witness List, Exhibit List (Filed By Party City Holdco Inc. ) (Young-John, Megan) |
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Exhibit 7
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answer
Response
Thu 02/27 2:27 PM
Opposition Response . Filed by Samantha Acevedo, Sabeen Afzal, Ishita Ahmed, Stephen Andrews, Maria Barraza, Veronica Beckett, Curtis Bradshaw, Alexandra Cappello, Dawn Casale, Colleen Celmer, Nicole Chmielewski, Vincent Cleary, Mark Cofone, Asierria Coleman, Jennifer Collins, Donna DAlfonso, Jensine May Dela Cruz, Jennifer DiGirolamo, Melissa DiNaPoli, Lorawn Dupree, Jennifer Ehlers, Kelly Fitzgerald, Yesenia Fitzsimmons, Chelsea Flecker, Sonia Garza, Kaleigh Hordof, Mark Jacobson, Vaibhav Jain, Sharon Keith, Larry Kikuchi, Hyun Kim, Kartik Kolluri, Sandra Kuruc, Kevin Lauturner, Polina Lewkowicz, Melissa Librandi, Walter Linsley, Alyssa Longo, Tanijua Malcolm-Sargeant, Kate McHale, Edgar Mendoza, Mark Metzinger, Alexia Milone, Cory Mongno, Ashley Montes, John Morris, Melissa Munz, John Nantes, Travis Olson, Joseph Orengo, Lauren Pacini, Veronica Palmisano, Harshil Patel, Brenna Phelan, Candace Piczon, Ryan Putman, Nicole Quinlan, Robin Robinson, Carmella Romania, Charles Romero, Nienu Roy, Ashley Ruppel, Jason Sakowski, Jessica Schoener, Nicole Schroeder, Craig Smith, Per Sterner, Alisa Stewart, Cortnie Tango, Angela Van Druten, Andrew Warren, Lisa Wiley (Harrison, David) |
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Notice
Thu 02/27 1:01 PM
Notice of Appearance . Filed by Samantha Acevedo, Sabeen Afzal, Ishita Ahmed, Stephen Andrews, Maria Barraza, Veronica Beckett, Curtis Bradshaw, Alexandra Cappello, Dawn Casale, Colleen Celmer, Nicole Chmielewski, Vincent Cleary, Mark Cofone, Asierria Coleman, Jennifer Collins, Donna DAlfonso, Jensine May Dela Cruz, Jennifer DiGirolamo, Melissa DiNaPoli, Lorawn Dupree, Jennifer Ehlers, Kelly Fitzgerald, Yesenia Fitzsimmons, Chelsea Flecker, Sonia Garza, Kaleigh Hordof, Mark Jacobson, Vaibhav Jain, Sharon Keith, Larry Kikuchi, Hyun Kim, Kartik Kolluri, Sandra Kuruc, Kevin Lauturner, Polina Lewkowicz, Melissa Librandi, Walter Linsley, Alyssa Longo, Tanijua Malcolm-Sargeant, Kate McHale, Edgar Mendoza, Mark Metzinger, Alexia Milone, Cory Mongno, Ashley Montes, John Morris, Melissa Munz, John Nantes, Travis Olson, Joseph Orengo, Lauren Pacini, Veronica Palmisano, Harshil Patel, Brenna Phelan, Candace Piczon, Ryan Putman, Nicole Quinlan, Robin Robinson, Carmella Romania, Charles Romero, Nienu Roy, Ashley Ruppel, Jason Sakowski, Jessica Schoener, Nicole Schroeder, Craig Smith, Per Sterner, Alisa Stewart, Cortnie Tango, Angela Van Druten, Andrew Warren, Lisa Wiley, Pamela Wyman (Salwen, Julie) |
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Notice
Thu 02/27 12:50 PM
Notice of Appearance . Filed by Samantha Acevedo, Sabeen Afzal, Ishita Ahmed, Stephen Andrews, Maria Barraza, Veronica Beckett, Curtis Bradshaw, Alexandra Cappello, Dawn Casale, Colleen Celmer, Nicole Chmielewski, Vincent Cleary, Mark Cofone, Asierria Coleman, Jennifer Collins, Donna DAlfonso, Jensine May Dela Cruz, Jennifer DiGirolamo, Melissa DiNaPoli, Lorawn Dupree, Jennifer Ehlers, Kelly Fitzgerald, Yesenia Fitzsimmons, Chelsea Flecker, Sonia Garza, Kaleigh Hordof, Mark Jacobson, Vaibhav Jain, Sharon Keith, Larry Kikuchi, Hyun Kim, Kartik Kolluri, Sandra Kuruc, Kevin Lauturner, Polina Lewkowicz, Melissa Librandi, Walter Linsley, Alyssa Longo, Tanijua Malcolm-Sargeant, Kate McHale, Edgar Mendoza, Mark Metzinger, Alexia Milone, Cory Mongno, Ashley Montes, John Morris, Melissa Munz, John Nantes, Travis Olson, Joseph Orengo, Lauren Pacini, Veronica Palmisano, Harshil Patel, Brenna Phelan, Candace Piczon, Ryan Putman, Nicole Quinlan, Robin Robinson, Carmella Romania, Charles Romero, Nienu Roy, Ashley Ruppel, Jason Sakowski, Jessica Schoener, Nicole Schroeder, Craig Smith, Per Sterner, Alisa Stewart, Cortnie Tango, Angela Van Druten, Andrew Warren, Lisa Wiley, Pamela Wyman (Harrison, David) |
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motion
Emergency Motion
Wed 02/26 11:39 PM
Emergency Motion - Debtors' Emergency Motion for (I) an Order (A) Declaring that the Automatic Stay Prohibits Certain Actions Against Non-Debtors or, in the Alternative, (B) Preliminary Enjoining Such Actions Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. 105 and (II) a Temporary Restraining Order Enjoining Certain Actions Against Non-Debtors Filed by Plaintiff Party City Holdco Inc. (Young-John, Megan) |
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Exhibit 4
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Proposed Order - Proposed Preliminary Injunction
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Proposed Order - TRO
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Complaint [system event]
Wed 02/26 11:21 PM
Adversary case 25-03062 Nature of Suit: (91 (Declaratory judgment)),(02 (Other (e.g. other actions that would have been brought in state court if unrelated to bankruptcy))) Complaint - Debtors' Adversary Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief by Party City Holdco Inc. against Craig Smith, Curtis Bradshaw, Dawn Casale, Donna DAlfonso, Edgar Mendoza, Harshil Patel, Hyun Kim, Ishita Ahmed, Jason Sakowski, Jennifer Collins, Jennifer DiGirolamo, Jennifer Ehlers, Jensine May Dela Cruz, Jessica Schoener, John Morris, John Nantes, Joseph Orengo, Kaleigh Hordof, Kartik Kolluri, Kate McHale, Kelly Fitzgerald, Kevin Lauturner, Larry Kikuchi, Lauren Pacini, Lisa Wiley, Lorawn Dupree, Maria Barraza, Mark Cofone, Mark Jacobson, Mark Metzinger, Melissa DiNaPoli, Melissa Librandi, Melissa Munz, Nicole Chmielewski, Nicole Quinlan, Nicole Schroeder, Nienu Roy, Pamela Wyman, Per Sterner, Polina Lewkowicz, Robin Robinson, Ryan Putman, Sabeen Afzal, Samantha Acevedo, Sandra Kuruc, Sharon Keith, Sonia Garza, Stephen Andrews, Tanijua Malcolm-Sargeant, Travis Olson, Vaibhav Jain, Veronica Beckett, Veronica Palmisano, Vincent Cleary, Walter Linsley, Yesenia Fitzsimmons, Alexandra Cappello, Alexia Milone, Alisa Stewart, Alyssa Longo, Andrew Warren, Angela Van Druten, Ashley Montes, Ashley Ruppel, Asierria Coleman, Brenna Phelan, Candace Piczon, Carmella Romania, Charles Romero, Chelsea Flecker, Colleen Celmer, Cory Mongno, Cortnie Tango. Fee Amount $350 (Higgins, John) |
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