IN RE VALDEZ FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT ASS'N, INC.

No. 04-35319.

439 F.3d 545 (2006)

In re VALDEZ FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, INC., Debtor. Sea Hawk Seafoods, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of Alaska, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 22, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Schein, Reed Longyear Malnati & Ahrens, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Mary Ellen Beardsley, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, AK, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: GOULD and BERZON, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.


SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

We must decide whether a bankruptcy court, which had approved a settlement agreement, had jurisdiction to interpret that agreement in an adversary proceeding between two creditors brought after the closing and dismissal of the underlying bankruptcy case. We conclude that, in the circumstances of this case, the bankruptcy court lacked jurisdiction and we therefore reverse the district court's order.

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