HILL v. WASHBURNE

No. 18-11633.

953 F.3d 296 (2020)

Albert G. HILL, III, individually, and as a Beneficiary of the Margaret Hunt Trust Estate, derivatively on behalf of the Margaret Hunt Trust Estate, individually, as a beneficiary of the Haroldson Lafayette Hunt, Jr. Trust Estate, and derivatively on behalf of the Haroldson, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Heather V. WASHBURNE; Elisa M. Summers; Margaret Keliher, as Independent Executor of the Estate of Albert G. Hill, Jr., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

REVISED March 13, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Miles Farrell , Attorney, Charles Bedford Hampton, Esq. , McGuireWoods, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Emil Lippe, Jr. , Lippe & Associates, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Tom Moore Dees, III, Esq. , Stewart Hyer Thomas , Attorneys, Hallett & Perrin, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellees Heather V. Washburne and Elisa M. Summers.

W. Scott Hastings, Esq. , Locke Lord, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, David J. Beck, Esq. , Beck Redden, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Quentin Brogdon , Crain Lewis Brogdon, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Murray Jules Fogler, Esq. , Attorney, Fogler Brar O'Neil & Gray, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Carrie L. Huff, Esq. , Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Gilbert I. Low , Orgain, Bell & Tucker, L.L.P., Beaumont, TX, Brian E. Mason , Dorsey & Whitney, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Eric Thomas Stahl , Law Offices of Frank L. Branson, P. C., Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Margaret Keliher.

Before OWEN, Chief Judge, and BARKSDALE and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.


Once again, we consider a dispute related to trusts formed by Haroldson Lafayette ("H.L.") Hunt, the late Texas oil baron reputed to be one of the world's richest men when he died in 1974. See generally Hill v. Schilling, 495 F. App'x 480, 482 (5th Cir. 2012...

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