Word: kimmelman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been part of Vesco's corpo rate empire. Eisenhauer had a bold plan to recover Fairfield General's principal asset-Vesco's 707-and he took it to the company's receivers. They in turn took the idea to New Jersey Superior Court Judge Irwin Kimmelman, who was overseeing efforts to liquidate Fairfield General. After a few discreet phone calls located the plane at Panama City's Tocumen International Airport, the judge authorized Fairfield General to advance Eisenhauer $17,500 on his claim. The pilot then headed for Panama with two colleagues...
However much it cost, Eisenhauer and his crew hurriedly took the plane to Newark, where it was immediately impounded by sheriffs deputies on Judge Kimmelman's orders...
...which may have violated international law. But there were no complaints from the Panamanians-and none, of course, from Fairfield General's receivers. Under longstanding law, the plane, worth perhaps $3.5 million, can now be legally sold to satisfy debts, no matter how it reached the U.S. Judge Kimmelman happily accepted a small red bag containing vital engine parts from Eisenhauer last week...