MATTER OF BUFFETS, L.L.C.

No. 19-50765.

979 F.3d 366 (2020)

In the MATTER OF: BUFFETS, L.L.C., Doing Business as Old Country Buffet, Doing Business as JJ North's Grand Buffet, Doing Business as Country Buffet, Doing Business as Home Town Buffet, Doing Business as Ryan's, Doing Business as Ryan's Family Steakhouse, Doing Business as Fire Mountain, Doing Business as Granny's, Doing Business as Tahoe Joe's, Doing Business as Tahoe Joe's Famous Steakhouse, Doing Business as Roadhouse Grill, Doing Business as Buffets, Incorporated, Doing Business as Ovation Brands, Doing Business as Soup 'N Salad Unlimited; Ocb Restaurant Company, L.L.C.; Fire Mountain Restaurants, L.L.C.; Tahoe Joe's, Incorporated; Ocb Purchasing Company; Hometown Buffet, Incorporated; Ryan's Restaurant Group, L.L.C., Debtors, Henry G. Hobbs, Jr., Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. Buffets, L.L.C., Doing Business as Old Country Buffet, Doing Business as Country Buffet, Doing Business as Home Town Buffet, Doing Business as Ryan's, Doing Business as Ryan's Family Steakhouse, Doing Business as Fire Mountain, Doing Business as Granny's, Doing Business as Tahoe Joe's, Doing Business as Tahoe Joe's Famous Steakhouse, Doing Business as Roadhouse Grill, Doing Business as JJ North's Grand Buffet, Doing Business as Buffets, Inc., Doing Business as Ovation Brands, Doing Business as Soup 'N Salad Unlimited; Hometown Buffet, Incorporated; Ocb Restaurant Company, L.L.C.; Ocb Purchasing Company; Ryan's Restaurant Group, L.L.C.; Fire Mountain Restaurants, L.L.C.; Tahoe Joe's, Incorporated, Appellees Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed November 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Eric Sandberg , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate, Washington, DC, for Appellant Cross-Appellee.

David W. Parham, Esq. , Akerman, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, John Eugene Mitchell , Katten Muchin Rosenman , L.L.P., Chicago, IL, for Appellees Cross-Appellants.

Before Stewart, Clement, and Costa, Circuit Judges.


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