Payless Cashways, Inc. (2001)

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $2,101 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $954 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 8,100
• Sub-industry: 52 Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply, And Mobile Home Dealers
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: MO Kansas City
• In business at filing? yes

Chapter 11 case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Weil Gotshal
• Date of filing: 6/4/2001
• Court district of filing: MO WD
• Court city of filing: Kansas City, MO
• Case number: 01-42643
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Filed at headquarters


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: dismissed
• Date of disposition: 5/19/2005
• Judge at disposition: Arthur B. Federman
• Days from filing to disposition: 1445

After the case

• Did firm emerge? company did not emerge
• Did firm refile? not emerged 5 years