IN THE MATTER OF LIFE PARTNERS, INCORPORATED

No. 16-11436.

In the Matter of: LIFE PARTNERS, INCORPORATED Debtor. PHILIP M. GARNER, and all other similarly situated; CHRISTINE DUNCAN; STEVE SOUTH, as Trustee for, and on behalf of South Living Trust; MICHAEL ARNOLD; JANET ARNOLD; DOCTOR JOHN S. FERRIS; REORGANIZED LIFE PARTNERS, INCORPORATED, formerly known as Life Partners, Incorporated, ET AL, Appellees, v. PILLAR LIFE SETTLEMENT FUND I, L.P., PILLAR II LIFE SETTLEMENT FUND, L.P., PILLAR 3 LIFE SETTLEMENT FUND, L.P., PILLAR 4 LIFE SETTLEMENT FUND, L.P., PILLAR 5 LIFE SETTLEMENT FUND, L.P., ET AL, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed November 29, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Mark Bennett , for Appellee.

Jeffrey David Sternklar , for Appellee.

Brent Clark Perry , for Appellant.

Dennis L. Roossien, Jr. , for Appellant.

Henry Jefferson LeForce , for Appellant.

Christopher D. Kratovil , for Appellee.

Richard Barrett Phillips, Jr. , for Appellee.

Nicole Williams , for Appellee.

Keith Lamar Langston , for Appellee.

Melanie Lynn Fry , for Appellee.

John C. Leininger , for Appellee.

Stephen Krosschell , for Appellant.

Michael Silverman , for Appellee.

Klint Bruno , for Appellee.

Before: BARKSDALE, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


This appeal arises from the approval of a bankruptcy proceeding's Settlement Agreement and class certifications. While this appeal was pending, the bankruptcy court entered a chapter 11 confirmation order, effectuating the Settlement Agreement. For the following reasons, the Pillar Funds's appeal is dismissed as...

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