Harvey Lawrence Burkett v. Shell Oil Company

Fifth Circuit

Harvey Lawrence Burkett v. Shell Oil Company

448 F.2d 59, 1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 8116, 1971 Trade Cas. (CCH) 73,697

CourtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

DecidedSeptember 13, 1971

Docket71-1027_1

StatusPublished

Cited by15 cases

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Harvey Lawrence Burkett v. Shell Oil Company, 448 F.2d 59, 1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 8116, 1971 Trade Cas. (CCH) 73,697 (5th Cir. 1971).

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Opinion

PER CURIAM:

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

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. 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 bankruptcy should be re-

opened and the bankruptcy court should be directed to claim or disclaim this cause of action and order either the Trustee or the Bankrupt or both to proceed with this action.” It appears from appellant’s brief and the record from the district court that both of these questions are presently pending before the district court as motions. Neither issue is, therefore, properly before this Court.

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