Legal Opinion
Bissonnet Investments LLC v. Quinlan (In Re Bissonnet Investments LLC)
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 4, 2003No. 02-20053PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:
A debtor brought suit in state court for breach of contract, fraudulent inducement, tortious interference, and civil conspiracy against the purchaser of the debtor’s bankruptcy estate’s assets. The purchaser removed the lawsuit to federal court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1452 (1994), and the district court referred the case to bankruptcy court. The debtor unsuccessfully challenged the federal courts’ subject matter jurisdiction in the bankruptcy and district courts, and now appeals to this Court. The purchaser, citing Sykes v. Texas Air Corp., 834 F.2d 488 (5th Cir.1987),…
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