Thomas J. CARLSON, Trustee, Appellant, v. TANDY COMPUTER LEASING, Appellee

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Thomas J. Carlson, trustee in bankruptcy for Larry Gene Brock, challenges the district court’s 1 finding that an agreement between Brock and Tandy Computer Leasing was a lease rather than an.installment sale. The bankruptcy court, applying Missouri law and considering certain parol evidence, held that the purported lease of computer equipment from Tandy to Brock was actually an installment sale, which gave the trustee in bankruptcy priority over Tandy, an unperfected creditor. The district court reversed, concluding, under Texas law and without considering…