IN RE HILAL

No. 07-20571.

534 F.3d 498 (2008)

In the Matter of: Zouhair HILAL, also known as Danny Hilal, Debtor. Zouhair Hilal, also known as Danny Hilal, Appellant, v. Chapter 11 Trustee Randy W. Williams, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 8, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Wallace Holman, The Holman Law Firm PC, Nicole Bernadette James (argued), The Hudgins Law Firm, Houston, TX, for Appellant.

Allison Davison Byman, David Allen Furlow (argued), Thompson & Knight, Houston, TX, for Appellee.

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


EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:

An extraordinarily litigious debtor1 challenges in this appeal two aspects of the Chapter 11 Plan confirmed at the instance of the Trustee and creditors, principally the IRS. We hold that the appeal is not equitably moot, notwithstanding that the Plan has been substantially consummated and the debtor neither obtained a stay or posted a bond pending appeal. The debtor's merits issues, which challenge only the...

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