FORTUNE NATL RESOURCES v. U.S. DEPT. OF INTERIOR

No. 15-20151.

806 F.3d 363 (2015)

FORTUNE NATURAL RESOURCES CORPORATION, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR; ATP Oil & Gas Corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Scott Okin , Brian Dean Roman, Esq. , Okin & Adams, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Appellant.

Victor W. Zhao , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Charles Stephen Kelley , Mayer Brown, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Appellees.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and CLEMENT and ELROD, Circuit Judges.


Fortune Natural Resources Corporation ("Fortune") owns a percentage working interest in a lease with ATP Oil & Gas Corporation ("ATP"), who filed for bankruptcy.1 Fortune asserted a claim in ATP's bankruptcy proceedings for decommissioning costs related to the lease. ATP sought...

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