MATTER OF SNEED SHIPBUILDING, INC.

No. 18-40350.

916 F.3d 405 (2019)

In the MATTER OF: SNEED SHIPBUILDING, INCORPORATED, Debtor. New Industries, Incorporated, Appellant v. Allison D. Byman, Chapter 11 Trustee of Sneed Shipbuilding, Incorporated; Estate of Martin M. Sneed, Sr., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED February 5, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnet Bernard Skelton, Jr. , Houston, TX, for Appellant.

Simon Richard Mayer , Steven Douglas Shurn , Hughes, Watters & Askanase, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Appellee ALLISON D. BYMAN.

Richard Lee Fuqua, II , Fuqua & Associates, P.C., Houston, TX, for Appellee ESTATE OF MARTIN M. SNEED, SR.

Before KING, HIGGINSON, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


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