Arbuckle, Matter of, No. 92-7643
| Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (5th Circuit) |
| Writing for the Court | Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and DeMOSS; PER CURIAM |
| Citation | 988 F.2d 29 |
| Parties | Bankr. L. Rep. P 75,221 In the Matter of Darrell ARBUCKLE, et al., Debtors. Darrell ARBUCKLE and Linda Arbuckle, Appellants, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OXFORD and Stephen P. Livingston, Trustee, etc., Appellees. Summary Calendar. |
| Decision Date | 13 April 1993 |
| Docket Number | No. 92-7643 |
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Darrell ARBUCKLE and Linda Arbuckle, Appellants,
v.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OXFORD and Stephen P. Livingston,
Trustee, etc., Appellees.
Fifth Circuit.
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Kathleen L. Caldwell, Taylor, Halliburton, Ledbetter & Caldwell, Memphis, TN, for appellants.
E. Clifton Hodge, Jr., Charles D. Porter, Sylvie Derdeyn Robinson, Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, MS, Stephen P. Livingston, Bankruptcy Estate Trustee, New Albany, MS, for appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Darrell and Linda Arbuckle, debtors in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding, appeal the district court's dismissal of their appeal from an order of the bankruptcy court. Agreeing that the district court lacked jurisdiction to hear the appeal, we affirm.
Debtors filed a state court action against the First National Bank of Oxford on April 18, 1985. The suit alleged that FNB committed actionable wrongs during its involvement with Debtors' application for a SBA loan. Debtors claimed that they were damaged by their failure to receive that loan or one from FNB.
On October 10, 1986, Debtors voluntarily filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition. The pending cause of action against FNB was not listed on their schedule of assets; FNB was listed among their creditors. Debtors allege that the trustee was made aware of the lawsuit. No effort was made to remove the lawsuit to the bankruptcy court. The bankruptcy proceeding was closed on March 6, 1987, without having dealt with Debtors' cause of action.
On the same day, a new counsel for Debtors filed an entry of appearance in the state court action. Thereafter Debtors amended their complaint against FNB and sought to recommence discovery. The state court denied FNB's motion to dismiss in January 1990. FNB responded on August 6, 1990, by moving to reopen Debtors' bankruptcy proceeding. FNB, a creditor in that proceeding, claimed that the cause of action filed by Debtors was an unadministered asset of the bankruptcy estate. The bankruptcy court reopened the proceeding and reappointed the trustee.
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FNB then negotiated with the trustee to settle the state court action. On August 7, 1991, the trustee applied to the bankruptcy court to accept FNB's settlement offer. 1 Concluding that the lawsuit had little chance of success, the bankruptcy court found the settlement in the best interest of the estate and granted the application.
Debtors attempted to appeal the Order granting the trustee's application to settle. The Order was entered on February 28, 1992. 2 Debtors' counsel was not present when the Order was entered and claims to have learned of it upon its arrival by mail on March 6, 1992. Counsel mailed Debtors' notice of appeal via "overnight mail" on the following day, a Saturday, nine days after the entry of the Order. The bankruptcy clerk filed the notice of appeal on March 10, 1992--eleven days after the entry of the Order.
Debtors' counsel assumed that the...
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