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IN RE VEG LIQUIDATION, INC.

No. 18-1786.

931 F.3d 730 (2019)

IN RE: VEG LIQUIDATION, INC., formerly known as Allens, Inc.; All Veg, LLC, Debtors. R. Ray Fulmer, II, Appellant, v. Fifth Third Equipment Finance Company; Ryder Integrated Logistics, Inc.; International Paper Company; URS Real Estate, LP; Ball Metal Food Container, LLC; Syngenta Seeds, Inc.; Teneo Securities, LLC; Andrew Torgove; Lazard Middle Market LLC; Lazard Freres & Co. LLC; Alvarez & Marsal, North America, LLC; Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement, LLC; Jonathan Hickman; Sager Creek Vegetable Company, formerly known as Sager Creek Acquisition Corp., now known as 412, Inc.; 1903 Onshore Funding, LLC; Cortland Capital Market Services, LLC; Sankaty Credit Opportunities, IV, L.P.; Sankaty Credit Opportunities, IV, L.P. (Caymanian), correctly named as, Sankaty Credit Opportunities, (Offshore Master) IV; Sankaty Middle Market Opportunities Fund, L.P.; Sankaty Middle Market Opportunities Fund, L.P. (Caymanian), correctly named as, Sankaty Middle Market Opportunities Fund, (Offshore Master), L.P.; Does 1-100; Alvarez & Marsal Holdings, LLC; 412, Inc., formerly known as Sager Creek Vegetable Company, formerly known as Sager Creek Acquisition Corp.; Sankaty Credit Opportunities, (Offshore Master) IV; Sankaty Middle Market Opportunities Fund, (Offshore Master), L.P., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 26, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitney A. Davis , LAW OFFICES OF WHITNEY A. DAVIS, Fort Worth, TX, Roland Ray Fulmer, II , LEDBETTER & COGBILL, Fort Smith, AR, James E. Smith , Heather G. Zachary , WILLIAMS & ANDERSON, Little Rock, AR, for Appellant.

Lloyd A. Lim , REED & SMITH, Houston, TX, Kathryn A. Stocks , JONES & JACKSON, Fort Smith, AR, for Appellee Fifth Third Equipment Finance Company.

John T. Carroll, III , Barry M. Klayman , COZEN & O'CONNOR, Wilmington, DE, Geoffrey B. Treece , QUATTLEBAUM & GROOMS, Little Rock, AR, for Appellee Ryder Integrated Logistics, Inc.

Bruce Buechler , LOWENSTEIN & SANDLER, Roseland, NJ, Joseph F. Kolb , J. KOLB, Little Rock, AR, for Appellee International Paper Company.

James F. Dowden , Little Rock, AR, Sean Christopher Kulka , Richard A. Mitchell , Scott Ernest Taylor , ARNALL & GOLDEN, Atlanta, GA, for Appellee URS Real Estate, LP.

Amanda L. Brown , Marcella L. Lape , Felicia Gerber Perlman , Charles F. Smith , SKADDEN & ARPS, Chicago, IL, Andrew R. Turner , Attorney, CONNER & WINTERS, Tulsa, OK, for Appellee Ball Metal Food Container, LLC.

David H. Conaway , Frederick M. Thurman, Jr. , SHUMAKER & LOOP, Charlotte, NC, Jay B. Williams , WILLIAMS LAW FIRM, Gentry, AR, for Appellee Syngenta Seeds, Inc.

Michael G. Smith , DOVER & DIXON, Little Rock, AR, for Appellee Teneo Securities, LLC.

Woodson William Bassett, III , James M. Graves , BASSETT LAW FIRM, Fayetteville, AR, Elliot A. Bromagen , Matthew A. Clemente , SIDLEY & AUSTIN, Chicago, IL, Gordon Dwyer Todd , SIDLEY & AUSTIN, Washington, DC, for Appellees Andrew Torgove, Lazard Middle Market LLC, Alvarez & Marsal, North America, LLC, Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement, LLC, Jonathan Hickman, Alvarez & Marsal Holdings, LLC.

Jason N. Bramlett , FRIDAY & ELDREDGE, Little Rock, AR, Michael T. Mervis , Scott K. Rutsky , PROSKAUER & ROSE, New York, NY, for Appellees Sager Creek Vegetable Company, 1903 Onshore Funding, LLC, Sankaty Credit Opportunities, IV, L.P. Sankaty Credit Opportunities, IV, L.P. (Caymanian), Sankaty Middle Market Opportunities Fund, L.P., Sankaty Middle Market Opportunities Fund, L.P. (Caymanian)

Jason N. Bramlett , FRIDAY & ELDREDGE, Little Rock, AR, Barbra R. Parlin , HOLLAND & KNIGHT, New York, NY, for Appellee Cortland Capital Market Services, LLC.

Jason N. Bramlett , FRIDAY & ELDREDGE, Little Rock, AR, Michael T. Mervis , PROSKAUER & ROSE, New York, NY, for Appellee 412, Inc.

Michael T. Mervis , PROSKAUER & ROSE, New York, NY, for Appellees Sankaty Credit Opportunities, (Offshore Master) IV, Sankaty Middle Market Opportunities Fund, (Offshore Master), L.P.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, COLLOTON and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.

R. Ray Fulmer, II, a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee, sued a number of parties involved in the sale of a bankruptcy estate's assets under 11 U.S.C. § 363. The bankruptcy court1 dismissed Fulmer's claims on the ground that they were either impermissible collateral attacks on an earlier order...

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