Ames Department Stores, Inc. (1990)

Company

• SIC code: 53 General Merchandise Stores
• Pre-filing assets in millions of current dollars: $3,769.00
• Pre-filing sales in millions of current dollars: $3,575
• Pre-filing number of employees: 61,000
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: CT Hartford

Chapter 11 case

• Court district of filing: NY SD
• Court city of filing: New York
• Forum Shop? Forum Shop
• Who filed case? debtors
• Year of filing: 1990
• Year of disposition: 1992
• Disposistion: confirmed
• Days from filing to disposition: 968
• Prepack status: Nonprepackaged, nonprenegotiated

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Refile? Company emerged but did not refile