Legal Opinion
Jeff Compton v. Aker Pusnes AS
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 14, 2012No. 11-20478PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:
I
This is a direct appeal from the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. MPF Corp. Ltd., MPF-01 Ltd., and MPF Holding US LLC (collectively the “Debtors”) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September of 2008. Prior to bankruptcy, the Debtors had been in the business of constructing a massive mobile offshore drilling vessel known as a multi purpose floater (“MPF unit”). Cost overruns forced the Debtors to cease work on the MPF unit and seek bankruptcy protection.
In bankruptcy, the Debtors’ assets consisted primarily of construction and supply contracts…
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