Ginther v. Ginther Trusts

Appellants Fergus and Adriana Ginther contend that the District Court erred in dismissing as moot their appeal of the bankruptcy court’s authorization of the sale of the undivided interest of the Gin-ther Trusts, a Texas joint venture (“the Venture”), in the El Dorado Ranch (“the Ranch”) to Redstone El Dorado Acquisition, L.P. (“Redstone”). The Venture owned, in the aggregate, approximately 51% of the undivided interest in the Ranch, a real estate development in Texas, and joined all other owners of fractional interests in selling the Ranch to Redstone. As the Venture was then a debtor in…