MATTER OF BUCCANEER RESOURCES, L.L.C.

No. 18-40003.

912 F.3d 291 (2019)

In the MATTER OF: BUCCANEER RESOURCES, L.L.C., Buccaneer Energy Limited, Buccaneer Energy Holdings, Incorporated, Buccaneer Alaska Operations, L.L.C., Buccaneer Alaska, L.L.C., Kenai Land Ventures, L.L.C., Buccaneer Alaska Drilling, L.L.C., Buccaneer Royalties, L.L.C., Kenai Drilling, L.L.C., Debtors. Meridian Capital CIS Fund; Meridian Capital International Fund; Fred Tresca; Randy A. Bates; Branta II, L.L.C., Appellants v. Curtis Burton, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED January 4, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Kirkendall, Law Office of Tom Kirkendall, The Woodlands, TX, for Appellants Meridian Capital CIS Fund, Meridian Capital International Fund.

Joshua Walton Wolfshohl, Esq., Aaron J. Power, Jonna Noel Summers, Porter & Hedges, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Appellants Fred Tresca, Randy A. Bates, Branta II, L.L.C.

Richard M. Schechter, Richard Schechter, P.C., Houston, TX, Chris Alan Stacy, Houston, TX, for Appellee Curtis Burton.

Before WIENER, SOUTHWICK, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


Before Buccaneer Resources LLC filed for bankruptcy, it fired its CEO, Curtis Burton. Burton filed a claim for breach of contract in the bankruptcy, but later dropped that and filed a tortious interference with contract claim in state court against Buccaneer's secured creditor, Meridian Capital CIS Fund. Meridian removed...

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