Opinion
No. 06-14159.
May 21, 2007.
Scott Burnett Smith, Ruth Lynn Ridgeway Zehrt, Bradley Arant Rose White LLP, Huntsville, AL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Charles A. Ray, IV, Stuart M. Maples, Johnston, Moore, Maples Thompson, Huntsville, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. D.C. Docket No. 05-02623-CV-5-JFG, BKCY No. 05-S3025-JAC-11.
After review and oral argument, the Court reverses and vacates the district court's orders (and contemporaneous memorandum opinions) dated June 5, 2006 and July 24, 2006 in their entirety, and remands this case to the district court with instructions that the district court: (1) dismiss Peoples Bank of North America's appeal in Bankruptcy Case No. 05-83025 (also designated as Civil Action No. 05-G-2623-NE in the district court) for lack of jurisdiction and (2) remand Bankruptcy Case No. 05-83025 to the bankruptcy court for further proceedings in the bankruptcy court. Specifically, this Court concludes that the district court lacked jurisdiction over the above appeal, which sought to appeal the bankruptcy court's orders dated October 19, 2005 and November 16, 2005 in Bankruptcy Case No. 05-83025; therefore, the district court's June 5, 2006 and July 24, 2006 orders ruling on the appeal of those bankruptcy court orders are hereby vacated in their entirety.