IN RE AFY, INC.

No. 17-2995.

902 F.3d 884 (2018)

IN RE: AFY, INC., also known as Ainsworth Feed Yards Company, Inc., Debtor. Robert A. Sears, individually and as testamentary trustee under the will of Redmond Sears, deceased; Korley B. Sears, Appellants, v. Rhett R. Sears; Rhett Sears Revocable Trust; Ronald H. Sears; Ron H. Sears Trust; Dane Sears, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 6, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry L. Strasheim , Omaha, NE, for Appellants.

Brian Joseph Koenig , Kristin Mae Victoria Krueger , Donald L. Swanson , KOLEY & JESSEN, Omaha, NE, for Appellees.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, BEAM and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


Korley Sears and Robert Sears appeal a decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirming a bankruptcy court's1 dismissal of their claims in a protracted family dispute. We agree with the BAP that the claims are barred by the shareholder standing rule, and we therefore affirm.

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