IN RE WRT ENERGY CORP.

No. 98-30762.

169 F.3d 306 (1999)

In the Matter of: WRT ENERGY CORPORATION, Debtor. Duck Lake Acquisition Partners LP, Appellant, v. Gulfport Energy Corporation, formerly known as WRT Energy Corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick S. Ottinger, Ottinger, Hebert & Sikes, Herman E. Garner, Jr., Lafayette, LA, for Appellant.

Paul Nicholls DeBaillon, DeBaillon & Miley, Lafayette, LA, Lisa Holbrook, Gulfport Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK, for Appellee.

Before DAVIS, STEWART and PARKER. Circuit Judges.


STEWART, Circuit Judge:

At issue in this case is whether 11 U.S.C. § 545(3) should be construed to include an exception, and whether the courts below erred in their interpretation of the language of a sublease. We AFFIRM.

FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff-appellee and debtor Gulfport Energy Corp. ("Gulfport") filed for bankruptcy, and the bankruptcy court confirmed its plan of reorganization. Defendant-appellant Duck Lake Acquisition...

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