Westwind Acquisition Co. LLC v. Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

T.S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.

In this diversity declaratory judgment action, plaintiffs seek a declaration invalidating liens on plaintiffs’ aircraft, liens defendant claims it has as a result of a Texas statute authorizing liens in favor of unpaid providers of aircraft fuel and services. Yet, defendant is not a provider of fuel; it is, instead, a financing company that paid credit card charges incurred by the aircraft management company plaintiffs hired to operate their airplanes. The management company is now insolvent and failed to pay its credit card bills. Defendant…