Whittaker Clark & Daniels v.

── Whittaker Clark & Daniels v. ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Date: April 27, 2026 Category: General PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT Nos. 24-2210 & 24-2211 ________________ In re: WHITTAKER CLARK & DANIELS INC, Debtor PETER PROTOPAPAS, Appellant in No. 24-2210 OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF TALC CLAIMANTS Appellant in No. 24-2211 ________________ On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (D.C. Nos. 3:23-cv-04151; 3:23-cv-04156) District Judge: Honorable Zahid N. Quraishi ________________  No. 25-1044 In re: WHITTAKER CLARK & DANIELS INC., Debtor WHITTAKER CLARK & DANIELS INC; BRILLIANT NATIONAL SERVICES INC; L.A. TERMINALS INC.; SOCO WEST INC. v. BRENNTAG AG; BRENNTAG CANADA INC.; BRENNTAG GREAT LAKES LLC; BRENNTAG MID-SOUTH INC.; BRENNTAG NORTH AMERICA INC.; BRENNTAG NORTHEAST INC.; BRENNTAG PACIFIC INC.; BRENNTAG SOUTHEAST INC.; BRENNTAG SOUTHWEST INC.; BRENNTAG SPE- CIALTIES LLC (f/k/a Brenntag Specialties, Inc., and as Min- eral and Pigment Solutions, Inc.); COASTAL CHEMICAL CO. LLC; MINERAL PIGMENT SOLUTIONS INC.; THOSE PARTIES LISTED ON APPENDIX A TO THE COMPLAINT; JOHN AND JANE DOES 1-1000 Official Committee of Talc Claimants, Appellant ________________ 2  On Appeal from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey (Bankr. Ct. Adv. Pro. No. 23-01245) Bankruptcy Judge: Honorable Michael B. Kaplan ________________ Argued on April 1, 2025 Before: KRAUSE, MATEY, and AMBRO, Circuit Judges (Opinion filed: April 27, 2026) Bryan Killian MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20004 Andrew J. Gallo MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP One Federal Street Boston, MA 02110 Counsel for Appellant Peter Protopapas Matthew Kutcher Miriam Peguero Medrano COOLEY LLP 110 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4200 Chicago, IL 60606 3 Cullen D. Speckhart Patrick J. Hayden Michael Klein Evan M. Lazerowitz Jeremiah P. Ledwidge Arielle Ambra-Juarez COOLEY LLP 55 Hudson Yards New York, NY 10001 Benjamin B. Sweeney COOLEY LLP 1700 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1900 Seattle, WA 98101 Kathleen R. Hartnett [ARGUED] COOLEY LLP 3 Embarcadero Center, 20th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Elizabeth B. Prelogar Carlton E. Forbes Dale A. Davis COOLEY LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20004 Allison W. O’Neill COOLEY LLP 10265 Science Center Drive San Diego, CA 92121 4 Matthew Oliver COOLEY LLP 500 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 Arthur J. Abramowitz Ross J. Switkes SHERMAN, SILVERSTEIN, KOHL, ROSE & PODOLSKY, P.A. 308 Harper Drive, Suite 200 Moorestown, NJ 08057 Kevin C. Maclay Todd E. Phillips Kevin M. Davis Serafina A. Concannon CAPLIN & DRYSDALE, CHARTERED 1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW, 8th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Counsel for Appellant Official Committee of Talc Claimants Rex W. Manning Joseph M. Capobianco KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 Michael D. Sirota Warren A. Usatine Felice R. Yudkin COLE SCHOTZ P.C. 5 25 Main Street, 4th Floor Hackensack, NJ 07601 G. David Dean COLE SCHOTZ P.C. 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1410 Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Seth Van Aalten Anthony De Leo COLE SCHOTZ P.C. 1325 Avenue of the Americas, 19th Floor New York, New York 10019 Paul D. Clement [ARGUED] C. Harker Rhodes IV Nicholas A. Aquart CLEMENT & MURPHY, PLLC 706 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Counsel for Appellees Whitt