In Re: MF Global Holdings Ltd.
Debtor: MF Global Holdings LTD.
Appellant: Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd.
Appellee: MF Global Holdings LTD. and MF Global Assigned Assets LLC
Case Number: 1:2017cv00742
Filed: January 31, 2017
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Office: Foley Square Office
County: New York
Presiding Judge: Robert W. Sweet
Nature of Suit: Appeal
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 0158
Jury Demanded By: None

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June 29, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 17 OPINION re: (4 in 1:17-cv-00742-RWS) MOTION for Leave to Appeal filed by Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd.: Defendants Allied World Assurance Co. Ltd. ("Allied World"), Iron-Starr Excess Agency Ltd., Ironshore Insurance Ltd., St arr Insurance & Reinsurance Ltd. (collectively, the "Iron-Starr Defendants" and, collectively with Allied World, the "Bermuda Insurers") have several motions presently before the Court. The Bermuda Insurers seek leave to appeal th e United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York's (the "Bankruptcy Court") January 12, 2017, order granting a preliminary injunction for Plaintiffs MF Global Holdings, Ltd. ("MFGH"), MF Global Assigned Assets LLC ("MFGAA," collectively with MFGH, "Plaintiffs") and finding the Bermuda Insurers in contempt for violating the Bankruptcy Court's December 21, 2016, temporary restraining order. The Bermuda Insurers have also moved , either as of right or with leave of the Court, to appeal the Bankruptcy Court's January 23, 2017, order finding that the Bermuda Insurers violated the Barton doctrine and requiring that their Bermuda proceeding be terminated. For the foregoing reasons, the Allied World's motion to appeal as of right the Bankruptcy Court's Barton Order and motions for leave to appeal the Bankruptcy Court's Barton Order, preliminary injunction, and contempt order are denied. (Signed by Judge Robert W. Sweet on 6/28/2017) (jwh) Modified on 6/29/2017 (jwh).
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Debtor: MF Global Holdings LTD.
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Appellant: Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd.
Represented By: Omid H. Nasab
Represented By: Daniel Slifkin
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Appellee: MF Global Holdings LTD.
Represented By: Bruce S Bennett
Represented By: James Matthew Gross
Represented By: Edward Michael Joyce
Represented By: David William Steuber
Represented By: Jane Rue Wittstein
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Appellee: MF Global Assigned Assets LLC
Represented By: Bruce S Bennett
Represented By: James Matthew Gross
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