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IN RE CONDOR INS. LTD.

No. 09-60193.

601 F.3d 319 (2010)

In the Matter of: CONDOR INSURANCE LIMITED, in Official Liquidation, Debtor. Richard Fogerty, in capacity as Joint Official Liquidator of Condor Insurance Limited; William Tacon, in capacity as Joint Official Liquidator of Condor Insurance Limited, Appellants, v. Petroquest Resources, Inc.; Harvey Milam; Byron Tyghe Williams; Ross N. Fuller; T. Alan Owen; Intercontinental Development And Investment Corporation; Gymnogyps Management, Inc.; Finpac Holdings, Inc.; Condor Guaranty, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 17, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Parham (argued), Laurie D. Babich, Baker & McKenzie, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Appellants.

Jeffrey Ryan Barber, Sr. (argued), Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A., Jackson, MS, for Harvey Milam, Gymnogyps Management, Inc., Condor Guaranty, Inc., Appellees.

Byron Tyghe Williams, Mentor, OH, pro se.

Ross N. Fuller, Nashville, TN, pro se.

T. Alan Owen, Arlington, TX, pro se.

Thomas Burton, Reno, NV, for Finpac Holdings, Inc., Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the jurisdiction of a bankruptcy court to offer avoidance relief under foreign law in a Chapter 15 bankruptcy proceeding. We hold that the bankruptcy court has that authority and reverse the judgment of the district court dismissing for want of jurisdiction.

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Condor Insurance Ltd., a Nevis corporation, was in the insurance and surety bond business. On November 27, 2006, a creditor filed...

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