In Re Emerald Oil Company, Debtor. William C. Sandoz, Trustee in Chapter 11 v. Crain Brothers, Inc.

We dismiss this appeal because the judgment appealed from is not final and appeal-able. In this bankruptcy case, the defendant-creditor Crain Brothers, Inc. (Crain) seeks to appeal an interlocutory order: the district court’s reversal of the bankruptcy court’s grant of summary judgment in Crain’s favor. The trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of Crain’s former debtor, Emerald Oil Company (Emerald), had sued Crain for the return to the estate the amount of $50,485.70 in payment for Crain’s services that Emerald alleged was a preferential transfer voidable by the trustee under section 547 of…