VENATOR GROUP SPECIALTY v. MATTHEW/MUNIOT FAMILY

No. 02-30023.

322 F.3d 835 (2003)

VENATOR GROUP SPECIALTY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MATTHEW/MUNIOT FAMILY, LLC, et al., Defendants, Matthew/Muniot Family, LLC, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell J. Hoffman (argued), Stan D. Broome, Kermit Louis Roux, Lowe, Stein, Hoffman, Allweiss & Hauver, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Charlton Beattie Ogden, III, John Joseph Zvonek, James Russell Morton (argued), Taggart, Morton, Ogden, Staub, Rougelot & O'Brien, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before DAVIS, BENAVIDES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

This commercial leasehold case presents a ripeness question. Appellant Venator Group Speciality, Inc. (Venator) initiated this declaratory judgement action against Appellee Matthew /Muniot Family seeking an order declaring Venator's legal obligations pursuant to a commercial lease executed in 1938 by the parties' predecessors in interest. The terms of the 1938 lease potentially require Venator to...

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