BANK ONE TEXAS v. U.S.

No. 97-41085.

157 F.3d 397 (1998)

BANK ONE TEXAS, National Association, Trustee of the Red Crest Trust; Lilia Beatrice Cox Harris; Linda Harris Beard; Margie Harris Newtown; John H. McMullen; Andy J. McMullen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America; KCS Resources Incorporated; Tesoro Exploration and Production Company; TransTexas Gas Corporation; Tesoro E & P Company, Limited Partnership, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Allen Pennington, Jr., Reynolds & Pennington, Fort Worth, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Charles William Wendlandt, Jr., Corpus Christi, TX, Hays Burton Jenkins, Jr., Houston, TX, for United States.

William T. Armstrong, III, Charles Riles Roberts, Jeffers & Banack, San Antonio, TX, for KCS Resources Inc.

Elizabeth N. Miller, Jane M. N. Webre, Scott, Douglass, Luton & McConnico, Austin, TX, for Tesoro Exploration and Production Co. and Tesoro E & P Co.

Clarence E. Reed, TransAmerican Natural Gas, Houston, TX, for TransTexas Gas Corp.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, HIGGINBOTHAM and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Bank One Texas, N.A. ("Bank One"), Lilia Beatrice Cox Harris, Linda Harris Beard, Margie Harris Newtown, John H. McMullen and Andy J. McMullen ("the McMullens") appeal the dismissal of their Quiet Title Act ("QTA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2409a (1994), claim. We affirm.

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