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IN RE SEMCRUDE, L.P.

No. 12-2736.

728 F.3d 314 (2013)

In re SEMCRUDE, L.P., et al., Reorganized Debtors. Samson Energy Resources Company, et al., v. Semcrude, L.P., et al. Luke Oil Company, C & S Oil/Cross Properties, Inc., Wayne Thomas Oil and Gas and William R. Earnhardt, Co., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 27, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hartley B. Martyn, Esquire , Martyn & Associates, Cleveland, OH, Duane D. Werb, Esquire (Argued), Werb & Sullivan, Wilmington, DE, for Appellants.

Yolanda C. Garcia, Esquire , Martin A. Sosland, Esquire (Argued), Vance L. Beagles, Esquire, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Dallas, TX, L. Katherine Good, Esquire , John H. Knight, Esquire , Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, for Appellees.

Before: AMBRO, FISHER, and JORDAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

AMBRO, Circuit Judge.

We revisit equitable mootness, a judge-made abstention doctrine that allows a court to avoid hearing the merits of a bankruptcy appeal because implementing the requested relief would cause havoc.1 As many courts have noted, though its name suggests mootness in the constitutional sense, that is where the similarity between the doctrines ends. See, e.g., In re UNR Industries, Inc.,...

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