Harvey Lawrence Burkett v. Shell Oil Company

The district court granted appellee’s motion for summary judgment, holding Burkett did not have standing to sue Shell on his own behalf for an antitrust violation alleged to have arisen prior to his filing for bankruptcy. The court found this cause of action to belong to the trustee in bankruptcy, not to Burkett personally. We affirm. Fazakerly v. E. Kahn’s Sons Co., 5th Cir. 1935, 75 F.2d 110. 1

1. Appellant’s brief to this Court raises two additional issues:

“Whether appellant should be allowed time to substitute the trustee as proper party plaintiff in this litigation and “whether the…