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IN RE ENRE LP

No. 05-41141.

457 F.3d 493 (2006)

In the Matter of: ENRE LP, Debtor. Bridgeport Tank Trucks; West Fork Tank Trucks Inc.; Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations Inc.; Wilson Supply, A Division of Smith International, Inc., Appellants, v. Lien Agent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 25, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Paul Dowling (argued), Gary, Thomasson, Hall & Marks, Corpus Christi, TX, for Bridgeport Tank Trucks and West Fork Tank Trucks Inc.

Robert Carroll Pate (argued), Law Office of Robert C. Pate, Corpus Christi, TX, for Appellee.

Stewart F. Peck (argued), Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, LA, William Ross Spence, Snow Fogel Spence, Houston, TX, for Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations Inc. and Wilson Supply.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and BARKSDALE and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellants seek to recover attorney fees and costs, under the prior version of 11 U.S.C. § 506(b), as part of their oversecured statutory materialmen's lien claims against the debtor's oil and gas wells. We hold that the applicable statute does not permit such costs and fees and AFFIRM the judgments of the bankruptcy and district courts.

BACKGROUND

Appellants, various creditors of Chapter 11 debtor EnRe LP ("EnRe"), performed work...

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