United States Tenth Circuit

Dismissal of a debtor's Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition is affirmed where the district court correctly concluded that the debtor had ceased to legally exist prior to its bankruptcy filing, and that thus, its bankruptcy filing was a nullity and subject to dismissal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/31/2006
• Published 11/01/2006

Judges

• BRISCOE, Circuit Judge., Before TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge, BRISCOE, and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bobbie Bayless of Bayless & Stokes, Houston, Texas, (Michael Paul Kirschner and Lorrie A. Corbin of Kirschner, Kisner, Lee, PLLC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, also on the briefs), for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Harvey D. Ellis, Jr. of Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Jimmy Goodman, William H. Hoch, and Reagen D. Allen of Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;  Douglas N. Gould, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, also on the brief), for Appellees.