In In re Marin Motor Oil, Inc., 689 F.2d 445 (3d Cir. 1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1206,
451 (1983), the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recognized the absolute right of parties in
interest under Section 1109(b), which includes equity security holders' committees, to intervene
in an adversary proceeding. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed this absolute right in
Phar-Mor, Inc. v. Coopers & Lybrand, 22 F.3d 1228, 1232 (3d Cir. 1994), stating that Section
1109(b) gives "parties in interest an unqualified right to be heard."