MEMORANDUM OPINION DENYING DEBTOR/CROSS-CLAIMANT FIRST RIVER ENERGY, LLC'S PARTIAL MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (ECF NO. 172) CRAIG A. GARGOTTA , UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE . Came on for consideration Debtor/Cross-Claimant First River Energy, LLC's Partial Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 172) ("Debtor's Partial MSJ"), 1 Producers' Response to Debtor/Cross-Claimant First River Energy, LLC's Partial Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 182) ("Producers' Response"), RADCO Operations,...
MEMORANDUM OPINION DENYING STEVEN JEFFREY CYR'S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY LESLIE LUTTRELL AS COUNSEL FOR KEY EQUIPMENT FINANCE (ECF NO. 35) CRAIG A. GARGOTTA , Bankruptcy Judge . On December 31, 2019, Defendants filed Steven Jeffery Cyr's Motion to Disqualify Leslie Luttrell as Counsel for Key Equipment Finance (ECF No. 35) (the "Motion to Disqualify"). On January 22, 2020, Plaintiff filed Key Equipment Finance's Response to Cyr's Motion to Disqualify Leslie Luttrell as Counsel (ECF No. 37) (...
OPINION H. CHRISTOPHER MOTT , UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE . Here, the Court grapples with an inheritance—the latest chapter of a litigation odyssey that began over a decade ago in a different domain. The saga began in 2007, when a father and son were tragically killed in a train accident at a South Texas railroad crossing. Surviving family members hired a law firm that immediately filed a wrongful death suit against the railway in state court. Just before trial in 2009, the law firm (...
ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFFS' JURY DEMAND (ECF NO. 14) CRAIG A. GARGOTTA , Bankruptcy Judge . This is the Court's Order on Plaintiffs' Jury Demand ("Jury Demand") (ECF No. 14), which was proceeded by Plaintiffs' Amended Jury Demand (ECF No. 17). In compliance with L. Rule 9015, Plaintiffs filed their Amended Statement Regarding Consent (ECF No. 27). The Court also considered Defendant Thomas Dundon's Notice of Consent (ECF No. 16), Thomas G. Dundon's Response Regarding Consent (ECF No. 36),...
MEMORANDUM OPINION ON PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT TO DETERMINE DISCHARGEABILITY OF DEBT CRAIG A. GARGOTTA , Bankruptcy Judge . Came on to be considered on December 2, 2019, the trial on the merits on Used Cars, Inc.'s ("Plaintiff" or "Used Cars") Complaint to Determine Dischargeability of Debt. (ECF No. 1) 1 ("Complaint"). This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 157(a) and 1334. This matter is referred to this Court under the District's Standing...
