Legal Opinion
Meridian Capital CIS Fund v. Burton (In re Buccaneer Res., L.L.C.)
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 4, 2019No. 18-40003PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREGG COSTA, Circuit Judge:
Before Buccaneer Resources LLC filed for bankruptcy, it fired its CEO, Curtis Burton. Burton filed a claim for breach of contract in the bankruptcy, but later dropped that and filed a tortious interference with contract claim in state court against Buccaneer's secured creditor, Meridian Capital CIS Fund. Meridian removed the case to federal court, arguing that the claim belonged in the bankruptcy. The bankruptcy court disagreed, sending the tortious interference claim back to state court. The district court affirmed.
The dispute about jurisdiction turns on whether…
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