United States Fifth Circuit

Settlement agreement that allows debtor to pursue legal claim "without intervention" by the debtor's bankruptcy trustee does not properly authorize the debtor to pursue the claim under Rule 17(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/20/2001
• Published 11/20/2001

Judges

• E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert E. Goodman, Jr. (argued), Dallas, TX, for Wieburg and Morton.


• For Appellees:
  
• Henry Howard Robinson, Robert Cleve Beal (argued), Kelly, Hart & Hallman, Fort Worth, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.