Legal Opinion
Hilal v. Williams
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 8, 2008No. 07-20571PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:
An extraordinarily litigious debtor 1 challenges in this appeal two aspects of the Chapter 11 Plan confirmed at the instance of the Trustee and creditors, principally the IRS. We hold that the appeal is not equitably moot, notwithstanding that the Plan has been substantially consummated and the debtor neither obtained a stay or posted a bond pending appeal. The debt- or’s merits issues, which challenge only the Plan’s exculpatory clause for the Trustee and the Trustee’s percentage compensation arrangement, border on frivolous. We accordingly vacate the district…
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