United States Fifth Circuit

In a motion by the Debtor to assume a real property lease, the Bankruptcy Court's order granting the motion is affirmed, where: 1) Plaintiff failed to terminate the lease, and the lease was properly assumed by the bankruptcy estate; and 2) equitable intervention under Texas law applied to render effective the Debtor's renewal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/13/2009
• Published 05/13/2009

Judges

• O'CONNOR, Associate Justice (Retired):, Before O'CONNOR, Associate Justice (Ret.), and WIENER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Leslie Sara Hyman, Cox, Smith, Matthews, San Antonio, TX, Zachery Z. Annable, George H. Tarpley (argued), Cox, Smith, Matthews, Dallas, TX, for Valley Educational Found., Inc., Shelby A. Jordan (argued), Jordan, Hyden, Womble, Culbreth & Holzer, Corpus Christiu, TX, Lance Alan Kirby, Jones, Galligan, Key & Lozano, Weslaco, TX, Elana Sari Einhorn, Deborah G. Hankinson, Hankinson, Levinger, LLP, Dallas, TX, Michael J. Urbis, Jordan, Hyden, Womble & Culbreth, Brownsville, TX, for Eldercare Properties, Ltd.