IN RE VALLECITO GAS, L.L.C.

No. 13-10926.

771 F.3d 929 (2014)

In the Matter of VALLECITO GAS, L.L.C., Debtor. Harvey Leon Morton, Trustee, Appellant, v. John Yonkers; Judy Yonkers; S. Frank Culberson; Tom Kievit; Kyle Kievit; Kerry Burleson; David Esposito; Kathleen Esposito; Stephen Murdoch; J.L. Bradshaw Trust; Lynette Esch; Esch Family Trust; Roland Murphy; Lewis P. Lane; Lynn C. Lane; Graham Haddock; R. Dave Adams; Connie Adams; Ray Koren; Judith Armogida; The Robert E. and Rosalie T. Dettle Living Trust; Daniel Mancha; The Dickinson Family Revocable Living Trust; John Wolz; Milton Digregorio; Beverly Digregorio; et al, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Mark DeWolf, Esq. (argued), Julian Preston Vasek , Rochelle McCullough, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Appellant.

Thomas Dwain Powers , Russell Rhea Barton (argued), Tennessee W. Walker , Attorney, Harris, Finley & Bogle, P.C, Fort Worth, TX, for Appellees.

Before JOLLY and JONES, Circuit Judges, and AFRICK, District Judge.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Harvey Leon Morton ("Morton"), the trustee of the Vallecito Gas, L.L.C. ("Vallecito") bankruptcy estate, appeals the district court's judgment affirming the bankruptcy court's judgment in favor of various owners of overriding royalty interests (collectively, the "Appellees") to a lease that Morton seeks to sell on behalf of the bankruptcy estate. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.

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