United States Fifth Circuit

Claims by a bankruptcy debtor-in-possession will not be compelled to arbitration, where the underlying nature of the proceedings derives exclusively from the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, and resolution implicates matters central to the purposes and policies of the Code. (Revised opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/22/2002
• Published 08/02/2002

Judges

• ELLISON, District Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, PARKER, Circuit Judge, and ELLISON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul Thomas Curl,Paul T. Curl, San Antonio, TX, Patrick Holder Autry, Matthews & Branscomb, San Antonio, TX, Michael G. Colvard, Martin, Drought & Torres, San Antonio, TX, Sam Collier Bashara, Law Office of Sam C. Bashara, San Antonio, TX, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Shelby A. Jordan, Jordan, Hyden, Womble & Culbreth, Corpus Christi, TX, Stephen Mark Murray, San Antonio, TX, for Appellee.