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IN RE SEMCRUDE L.P.

Nos. 15-3094, 15-3095, 15-3096 & 15-3097 No. 15-3121, No. 15-3123, No. 15-3124.

864 F.3d 280 (2017)

IN RE: SEMCRUDE L.P., et al., Debtors. Arrow Oil & Gas, Inc., et al. v. J. Aron & Company, et al. Anstine & Musgrove, Inc; Arrow Oil & Gas Inc; Beasley Oil Company; Blake Exploration LLC; Braden-Deem Inc; Calvin Noah, d/b/a Calvin Noah Oil Company; CMX Inc; Casey Musgrove Oil Co, Inc; Central Operating Inc; Clark Exploration Company; Coral Coast Petroleum Inc; Crawley Petroleum Corp; DC Energy Inc; D.E. Exploration Inc; Davis Petroleum Inc; Daystar Petroleum Inc; DK Operating Inc; Double Eagle Exploration Inc; Drillers and Producers Inc; Duncan Oil Properties Inc; Fairfield Oil & Gas Corp; The Gloco LLC; GMX Resources Inc; Gra Ex, LLC; Great Plains Energy, Inc; Ground Development Co; Herman L Loeb, LLC; H.I. Inc; J & D Investments, LLC; Jack Exploration, Inc; Kahan & Associates Inc; Keith F. Walker Oil & Gas Co., LLC; Kingery Drilling Co; KLM Exploration Company Inc; Lance Ruffel Oil & Gas Corporation; Landmark Resources Inc; Lario Oil & Gas Co; L & J Oil Properties, Inc; LD Drilling, Inc; Little Bear Resources, Inc; McCoy Petroleum Corporation; McGiness Oil Company of Kansas; Mesa Exploration Company, Inc; Mid-Continent Energy Corporation; Molitor Oil, Inc; Mull Drilling Company, Inc; Murfin Drilling Company, Inc; Musgrove Energy Inc; Mustang Fuel Corp; Nytex Energy LLC; Oil Company of America Inc; Oklahoma Oil & Gas Management Inc; Pickrell Drilling Company, Inc; Prolific Resources, LLC; Rama Operating Company, Inc; Randon Production Company Inc; Red Oak Energy Inc; Ritchie Exploration Inc; RJ Sperry Co; Ross Hoener, Inc; Seeker, LLC; Short & Short, LLC; Snyder Partners; Stephens & Johnson Operating Co; Tempest Energy Resources LP; Tex-Ok Energy Limited Partnership; TGT Petroleum Corporation; Three-D Resources, Inc; Thoroughbred Associates, LLC; Tripledee Drilling Co., LLC; Tripower Resources, LLC; Viking Resources, Inc; V.J.I. Natural Resources Inc; Veenker Resources, Inc; Vess Oil Corporation; Vincent Oil Corporation; W.D. Short Oil Company, LLC; Wellco Energy, Inc; Wellstar Corporation; White Exploration Inc; White Pine Petroleum Corporation, Appellants. In re: SemCrude L.P., et al., Debtors. BP Oil Supply Company v. SemGroup, L.P., et al. Star Production, Inc; LSC Production Company, Appellants. In re: SemCrude L.P., et al., Debtors. J. Aron & Company v. SemGroup, L.P., et al. IC-Co, Inc., Appellant. In re: SemCrude L.P., et al., Debtors. IC-CO, Inc; WEOC, Inc.; Reserve Management Inc v. J. Aron & Company. IC-CO, Inc., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion filed: July 19, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blake H. Bailey , Paul D. Moak , Basil A. Umari , McKool Smith, 600 Travis Street, Suite 7000, Houston, TX 77002, Peter S. Goodman , Sarah O. Jorgensen , Michael R. Carney , Hugh M. Ray , McKool Smith, One Bryant Park, 47th Floor, New York, NY 10036, Lewis T. LeClair [Argued], McKool Smith, 300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500, Dallas, TX 75201, Adam G. Landis , Matthew B. McGuire , Landis Rath & Cobb, 919 Market Street, Suite 1800, P.O. Box 2087, Wilmington, DE 19899, Counsel for Anstine & Musgrove Inc., et. al. (The Associated Producers).

Don A. Beskrone , Stacy L. Newman , Ashby & Geddes, 500 Delaware Avenue, P.O. Box 1150, 8th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19899, Boaz S. Morag , Rishi Zutshi , Thomas J. Moloney , [Argued], Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, One Liberty Plaza, New York, NY 10006, Counsel for J. Aron & Co.

James S. Carr , Melissa E. Byroade , David Zalman , [Argued], Monica Hanna , Kelley Drye & Warren, 101 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10178, Kevin M Capuzzi , Jennifer R. Hoover , Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Arnoff, 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 801, Wilmington, DE 19801, Counsel for BP Oil Supply Co.

Ian C. Bifferato , Thomas F. Discoll, III , Bifferato, 800 North King Street, Plaza Level, Wilmington, DE 19801, Kevin G. Collins , Barnes & Thornburg, 1000 North West Street, Suite 1500, Wilmington, DE 19801, Mark D. Collins , John H. Knight , Michael Romanczuk , Zachary I. Shapiro , Richards Layton & Finger, 920 North King Street, One Rodney Square, Wilmington, DE 19801, L. Katherine Good , Whiteford Taylor & Preston, 405 North King Street, The Renaissance Center, Suite 500, Wilmington, DE 19801, Maris J. Kandestin , DLA Piper, 1201 North Market Street, Suite 2100, Wilmington, DE 19801, Garvan F. McDaniel , Hogan McDaniel, 1311 Delaware Avenue, Wilmington, DE 19806, R. Stephen McNeill , Potter Anderson & Corroon, 1313 North Market Street, 6th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801, Travis A. McRoberts , Akin Gup Strauss Hauer & Feld, 1700 Pacific Avenue, 4100 First City Center, Dallas, TX 75201, Benjamin L. Stewart , Bailey Brauer, 8350 North Central Expressway, Suite 935, Campbell Centre I, Dallas, TX 75206, Mark Stromberg , Stromberg Stock, 8750 North Central Expressway, Suite 625, Dallas, TX 75231, W. Robert Wilson , 510 Kihekah Avenue, Pawhuska, OK 74056, Counsel for Semcrude LP.

Charles J. Brown, III , Shannon Dougherty Humiston , Gellert Scali Busenkell & Brown, 913 North Market Street, 10th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801, Counsel for Star Production Inc., LCS Production Co.

Hartley B. Martyn [Argued], Martyn & Associates, 820 Superior Avenue, N.W., 10th Floor, Cleveland, OH 44113, Duane D. Werb , Werb & Sullivan, 300 Delaware Avenue, 13th Floor, P.O. Box 25046, Wilmington, DE 19899, Counsel for IC Co. Inc.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

Appellants, who are oil producers, sold their product to SemGroup L.P. and affiliates (including SemCrude L.P.), midstream oil and gas service providers and the Debtors in the underlying Chapter 11 cases. SemGroup sold oil to and traded oil futures with Appellees, downstream oil purchasers. The...

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