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Parties Involved:
Linda Gilbert
Appellant
Judy Pennington
Not Party
Pennington's Drive-in Restaurant, Inc.
Not Party
Sidney K. Swinson
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED S'l'ATES COURT OF 

FILED 1s . ed States Court ~f Appea APPEALSUatt 'tenth Circntt 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT JUN 18 i990 

&OBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk In re: PENNINGTON'S DRIVE-IN 

RESTAURANT, INC., 

Debtor, 

SIDNEY K. SWINSON, Trustee, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, 

v. 

JUDY PENNINGTON; LINDA GILBERT, 

Individually, 

Defendants, 

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LINDA GILBERT, as Executrix of the 

estate of Lola Pennington, 

Defendant-Appellant. 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

No. 89-5056 

(D.C. No. 88-C-310-C) 

( N. D. Okla. ) 

Befor e MOORE, BRIGHT,** and BRORBY, Circuit Judges. 

**Honorable Myron H. Bright, Circuit Judge, United States Court of 

Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation. 

* This order and judgment has no precede ntial value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36 . 3. 

Appellate Case: 89-5056 Document: 010110036829 Date Filed: 06/18/1990 Page: 1 
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After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

Appellant Linda Gilbert, as executrix of the estate of Arch 

and Lola Pennington, appeals from an order of the district court 

determining that the bankruptcy estate in this matter has 

exclusive ownership rights in a franchise agreement executed to 

operate Pennington's Drive-In Restaurant, Inc. 

Because we agree with the analysis and reasoning of the 

bankruptcy court in this case, we affirm on substantially the same 

grounds as set forth in its decision, rather than that of the 

district court. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the United 

States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma for 

the reasons set forth in the decision of the bankruptcy court of 

the Northern District of Oklahoma. 

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ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

Appellate Case: 89-5056 Document: 010110036829 Date Filed: 06/18/1990 Page: 2