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HOLMES MOTORS v. BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, INC.

No. 15-30860.

829 F.3d 313 (2016)

HOLMES MOTORS, INC., Requesting Party-Appellant v. BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, INCORPORATED; BP America Production Company; BP, P.L.C., Objecting Parties-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed July 11, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Todd Smith , Maitreya Tomlinson, Esq. , Smith Law Group, P.C., Austin, TX, Brandy M. Wingate Voss, Esq. , Smith Law Group, P.C., McAllen, TX, Charles P. Wilson, Jr. , Wilson Law Firm, Duberville, MS, for Requesting Party-Appellant.

Richard Cartier Godfrey, Esq. , Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Sr., Esq. , James Andrew Langan, Esq. , Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, Daniel A. Cantor , Sarah E. Warlick , Arnold & Porter, L.L.P., Thomas George Hungar , Scott Payne Martin , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Don Keller Haycraft , Liskow & Lewis, P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Objecting Parties-Appellees.

Stephen Jay Herman, Esq. , Herman Herman & Katz, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, James Parkerson Roy , Domengeaux Wright Roy Edwards & Colomb, L.L.C., Lafayette, LA, for Amicus Curiae.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Appellant Holmes Motors, Inc. filed a claim for damages with the Court Supervised Settlement Program. Although Holmes alleged that it qualified as a "Start Up Business," the Claims Administrator reclassified it as a general business claimant. The district court declined to review this decision. Holmes now...

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