Opinion
NO. 14-13-00483-CV
11-05-2013
GOLDKING ONSHORE OPERATING, LLC AND GOLDKING HOLDINGS, LLC, Appellants v. LEONARD C. TALLERINE, JR., GOLDKING ENERGY CORPORATION, GOLDKING ENERGY PARTNERS I, LP, GOLDKING ENERGY PARTNERS II, LLC, GOLDKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, RETA WELLWOOD D/B/A VERMILLION CONTRACTING CO., DENNA RAMSEY AND PAUL CULOTTA, Appellees
Abatement Order filed November 5, 2013
On Appeal from the 61st District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2013-08724
ABATEMENT ORDER
Notice was filed on October 31, 2013, that appellants, Goldking Holdings, LLC, and Goldking Onshore Operating, LLC, are in bankruptcy. Tex. R. App. P. 8.1. According to the notice, on October 30, 2013, appellants petitioned for voluntary bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware under case number 13-12820-BLS. A bankruptcy suspends the appeal from the date when the bankruptcy petition is filed until the appellate court reinstates the appeal in accordance with federal law. Tex. R. App. P. 8.2. Accordingly, we ORDER the appeal abated.
Goldking Resources, LLC also filed bankruptcy.
When a case has been suspended by a bankruptcy filing, a party may move the appellate court to reinstate the appeal if permitted by federal law or the bankruptcy court. Tex. R. App. P. 8.3. If the bankruptcy court has lifted or terminated the stay, a certified copy of the order must be attached to the motion. Id. A party filing a motion to reinstate shall specify what further action, if any, is required from this court when the appeal is reinstated. See Tex. R. App. P. 10.1(a).
For administrative purposes only, and without surrendering jurisdiction, the appeal is abated and treated as a closed case until further order of this court.