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IN RE COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

No. 00-5108.

246 F.3d 1291 (2001)

In re COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., Debtor. John Bachman; Bruce Phelps, Appellants, v. Commercial Financial Services, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 24, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greggory T. Colpitts of Magee & Colpitts, Tulsa, OK, for Appellants.

Larry M. Wolfson and Jerry L. Switzer, Jr. of Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, and Neal Tomlins and Ronald E. Goins of Tomlins & Goins, Tulsa, OK, for Appellee.

Before HENRY, BRISCOE, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to determine whether lump sum cash payments due upon termination and promised to appellants when they executed employment contracts with Commercial Financial Services, Inc., (CFS), were entitled to priority as administrative expenses in CFS's eventual bankruptcy. After reviewing the briefs of the parties, the relevant case law, and the opinions of the bankruptcy court and the district court, we affirm.

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