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Parties Involved:
Bobbie G. Bayless
Appellee
Theta Juan Bernhardt
Appellee
Myers D. Campbell
Appellee
Patricia M. Campbell
Appellee
Catherine Dianne Crabtree
Appellant
David Lynn Crabtree
Appellant
Freeman Dale Crabtree
Appellant
Linda A. Crabtree
Appellant
The Orchard Company
Appellant
Jerry Tubb
Appellee

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FILED 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS United States Court of Appeals 

T,,..nth Circnit 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

In re: FREEMAN DALE CRABTREE; LINDA A. ) 

CRABTREE; CATHERINE DIANNE CRABTREE ) 

TRUST; DAVID LYNN CRABTREE TRUST; THE ) 

ORCHARD COMPANY, ) 

Debtors. 

FREEMAN DALE CRABTREE; LINDA A. 

CRABTREE; CATHERINE DIANNE CRABTREE 

TRUST; DAVID LYNN CRABTREE TRUST; THE 

ORCHARD COMPANY, 

Appellants, 

v. 

BOBBIE G. BAYLESS, Trustee; MYERS D. 

CAMPBELL; PATRICIA M. CAMPBELL; JERRY 

TUBB; THETA JUAN BERNHARDT, 

Appellees. 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

APR 1 0 1991 

R.OBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 90-6248 

(D.C. Misc. No. 4) 

(W.D. Okla.) 

Before LOGAN, MOORE, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges. 

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 • 

* This order and judgment has no precedential 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. 

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

submitted without oral argument. 

Appellants appeal from an order of the district court denying 

their motion for leave to appeal an interlocutory bankruptcy 

order. The bankruptcy court's order denied appellants' motion to 

appoint special counsel to prosecute Oklahoma Supreme Court 

appeals involving property of the bankruptcy estates or, in the 

alternative, to abandon property of the estates. 

During the pendency of this appeal, the appellee trustee 

filed a motion in the bankruptcy court for authority to compromise 

and settle certain controversies, including the Oklahoma Supreme 

Court appeals. The settlement agreement provided for dismissal of 

the appeals. After holding an evidentiary hearing, the bankruptcy 

court approved the settlement agreement. 

Appellees argue that the bankruptcy court's approval of the 

settlement agreement renders this appeal moot. We agree. Because 

there is no longer any actual controversy between the parties, see 

Wiley v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n, 612 F.2d 473, 475 

(10th Cir. 1979), cert. denied, 446 U.S. 943 (1980), we are 

prevented from granting any effective relief, see Thournir v. 

Buchanan, 710 F.2d 1461, 1463 (10th Cir. 1983). 

The appeal is DISMISSED as moot. The district court's order 

in Misc. No. 4 is VACATED as moot. The action is REMANDED to the 

district court to dismiss Misc. No. 4 as moot and to remand to the 

bankruptcy court with directions to dismiss its orders as moot. 

See Great W. Sugar Co. v. Nelson, 442 U.S. 92 (1979); United 

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States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36, 39 (1950); Baker v. 

Bray, 701 F.2d 119, 122 (10th Cir. 1983). 

Entered for the Court 

John P. Moore 

Circuit Judge 

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