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IN RE BURGESS

No. 04-30189.

438 F.3d 493 (2006)

In the Matter of: Edward Keith BURGESS, Debtor. Edward Keith Burgess, Appellant, v. Lucy G. Sikes, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Willis Berry (argued), Rayville, LA, George F. Fox, Jr., McIntosh, Fox & Lancaster, Lake Providence, LA, for Appellant.

Lucy G. Sikes (argued), Alexandria, LA, pro se.

Richard Lieb, St. John's University, School of Law, Jamaica, NY, Bill DeLoney Bensinger (argued), Law Offices of Bill Bensinger, Birmingham, AL, for Susan Block-Lieb, Ralph Brubaker, S. Elizabeth Gibson, Jonathan C. Lipson, Charles W. Mooney, Jr., Theresa J. Pulley Radwan, Nancy B. Rapoport, Robert K. Rasmussen and Robert M. Zinman, Amici Curiae.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and REAVLEY, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, DENNIS, CLEMENT, PRADO, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

PRADO, Circuit Judge:

This is a bankruptcy case. The issue is whether a crop-disaster-relief payment authorized by legislation enacted after the debtor filed for bankruptcy is property of the bankruptcy estate. A panel of this court held that it is not, following which the court voted to consider the case en banc. After hearing argument and considering supplemental briefing by the parties as well as law professors serving as amici curiae,1...

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