Legal Opinion
Kipp Flores Architects, LLC v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 24, 2017No. 16-20255PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
This is the third appeal arising out of an architectural copyright infringement action and subsequent Chapter 7 bankruptcies of two related companies in the homebuilding business. After Kipp Flores Architects (“KFA”) sued Hallmark Collection of Homes, L.L.C., for copyright infringement, Hallmark Collection commenced a “no asset” bankruptcy case. KFA filed a bankruptcy proof of claim for copyright infringement damages. Relying on its “deemed allowed” claim, 11 U.S.C. § 502(a), as a final judgment, KFA sued appellee Mid-Continent Casualty Company, the debtor’s…
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