In re: FV Steel and Wire Company, et al.,[1] Chapter 11 Debtors.

Case No. 04-22421 (Jointly Administered).United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin.
October 8, 2004.

[1] The Debtors are the following entities: FV Steel and Wire Company, Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc., DeSoto Environmental Management, Inc., J.L. Prescott Company, Sherman Wire Company f/k/a DeSoto, Inc. and Sherman Wire of Caldwell, Inc.

ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION DISALLOWING CLAIM NUMBER 1679 WITHOUT PREJUDICE
SUSAN KELLEY, Bankruptcy Judge

Upon the Debtors’ Fifth Omnibus Objections to Claims[2]
seeking entry of an order disallowing certain claims; and the Court having jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 and 1334; and the Court finding that this is a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157 (b)(2); and upon consideration of the Debtors’ Fifth Omnibus Objection to Claims; and due and proper notice of the Debtors’ Fifth Omnibus Objection to Claims having been given; and the parties having executed the Stipulation Disallowing Claim Number 1679

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Without Prejudice (the “Stipulation”); and the Court having determined that just cause exists for the relief granted herein; it is hereby

ORDERED that the Stipulation is approved in its entirety; and it is further

ORDERED that this Court shall retain jurisdiction to hear and determine all matters arising from or relating to the implementation of this Order.

[2] Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the same meaning ascribed in the Stipulation Disallowing Claim Number 1679 Without Prejudice.