(April 18, 2024, 12:19 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey federal bankruptcy judge denied a contested motion by an ad hoc group of general unsecured commercial creditors of defunct talc supplier Whittaker, Clark & Daniels Inc. (WCD) and affiliated debtors to have the U.S. trustee appoint an official committee to represent the interests of commercial creditors in the bankruptcy proceeding....