GOLDIN v. BARTHOLOW

Nos. 97-20852, 97-20914, 97-20915, 97-20927 and 97-20946.

166 F.3d 710 (1999)

Harrison J. GOLDIN, Liquidating Trustee; Trustee for the MCORP Trust; MCORP Management Trust; MCORP Financial Incorporated Trust, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Peter BARTHOLOW; Michael D. Magill; Connie Couch; W. Mack Goforth; Frank W. McBee; Theodore C. Rogers; Joel T. Williams, Jr.; Gene H. Bishop; W.J. Bowen; Dolph Briscoe, Jr.; John T. Cater; Durwood Chalker; Leo F. Corrigan, Jr.; W. Fenton Guinee; Edwin B. Jordan; Herbert D. Kelleher; Meredith J. Long; Bill O. Mead; Jere W. Thompson; Dwain D. Howard; Jess T. Hay; Donald J. Stone; Robert Cochran, Defendants-Appellees. Harrison J. Goldin, Liquidating Trustee; Trustee for the MCORP Trust; MCORP Management Trust, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Peter B. Bartholow, et al., Defendants, Peter B. Bartholow; Michael D. Magill; Connie Couch; W. Mack Goforth; Dwain D. Howard; Robert Cochran, Defendants-Appellees. In re: Harrison J. Goldin, Liquidating Trustee for the MCORP Trust; MCORP Management Trust; MCORP Financial Incorporated Trust, Petitioner. Harrison J. Goldin; Trustee for the MCORP Trust; MCORP Management Trust; MCORP Financial Incorporated Trust, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Peter Bartholow; Michael D. Magill; Connie Couch; W. Mack Goforth; Frank W. McBee; Theodore C. Rogers; Joel T. Williams, Jr.; Gene H. Bishop; W.J. Bowen; Dolph Briscoe, Jr.; John T. Cater; Durwood Chalker; Leo F. Corrigan, Jr.; W. Fenton Guinee; Edwin B. Jordan; Herbert D. Kelleher; Meredith J. Long; Bill O. Mead; Jere W. Thompson; Dwain D. Howard; Jess T. Hay; Donald J. Stone, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Tarpley, Sheinfeld, Maley & Kay, Dallas, TX, Mary-Ann Abbott Bellatti, Sheinfeld, Maley & Kay, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in all cases.

Ben B. Floyd, Randall A. Rios, Floyd, Smith & Rios, Houston, TX, for Bartholow, Magill, Couch, Goforth, Howard and Cochran.

Robert Roy Burford, Robin C. Gibbs, Jeffrey C. Alexander, Gibbs & Bruns, Houston, TX, for Bartholow.

David T. Hedges, Jr., Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for McBee, Rogers, Williams, Bishop, Bowen, Briscoe, Cater, Chalker, Corrigan, Guinee, Jordan, Kelleher, Long, Mead, Thompson, Hay and Stone.

Mitchell A. Seider, Houston, TX, for Goldin, Trustee for the MCORP Trust and MCORP Mgt. Trust.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and GARWOOD and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Harrison J. Goldin (Goldin) was the trustee of the MCORP Trust (the trust). Appellees served as officers (officer appellees) and directors (director appellees) of MCORP prior to Goldin's appointment. Goldin appeals on behalf of the trust the district court's grant of summary judgment to the appellees on the trust's misuse of estate property claims and the officer appellee's severance benefit claims, the denial of summary judgment...

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