Margaret M. Good, as Liquidation Agent of the Liquidation Trust of Heartland Steel, Inc. v. Voest-Alpine Industries, Inc.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

This case begins and ends with our lack of appellate jurisdiction, though the path to that conclusion is not as straightforward as one might wish. After Heartland Steel, Inc., filed for bankruptcy, Voesh-Alpine Industries, Inc., submitted a proof of claim seeking payment for services that it had provided to Heartland. Following some procedural finagling, Heartland’s trustee in bankruptcy sued Voest in Indiana state court alleging breach of contract and con structive fraud in relation to the provision of those services. Voest promptly removed the case to the bankruptcy…