In Re Manville Forest Products Corporation, Debtor. Gulf States Exploration Co. v. Manville Forest Products Corporation

TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Gulf States Exploration Co. (“Gulf”) appeals from an order entered May 9, 1989, in the Southern District of New York, Michael B. Mukasey, District Judge, affirming an order of the bankruptcy court, Burton R. Lifland, Chief Bankruptcy Judge, entered August 5, 1988, which expunged Gulf’s proof of claim filed in the bankruptcy proceeding of Manville Forest Products Corporation (“M.F.P.”). In re Manville Forest Products Corp., 89 B.R. 358 (Bankr.S.D.N.Y.1988). The proof of claim alleged that M.F.P. breached a hydrocarbon exploration agreement by refusing to grant…