Task: songer_typeiss

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court. Choose among the following categories. Criminal and prisioner petitions- includes appeals of conviction, petitions for post conviction relief, habeas corpus petitions, and other prisoner petitions which challenge the validity of the conviction or the sentence or the validity of continued confinement. Civil - Government - these will include appeals from administrative agencies (e.g., OSHA,FDA), the decisions of administrative law judges, or the decisions of independent regulatory agencies (e.g., NLRB, FCC,SEC). The focus in administrative law is usually on procedural principles that apply to administrative agencies as they affect private interests, primarily through rulemaking and adjudication. Tort actions against the government, including petitions by prisoners which challenge the conditions of their confinement or which seek damages for torts committed by prion officials or by police fit in this category. In addition, this category will include suits over taxes and claims for benefits from government. Diversity of Citizenship - civil cases involving disputes between citizens of different states (remember that businesses have state citizenship). These cases will always involve the application of state or local law. If the case is centrally concerned with the application or interpretation of federal law then it is not a diversity case. Civil Disputes - Private - includes all civil cases that do not fit in any of the above categories. The opposing litigants will be individuals, businesses or groups.

PER CURIAM.
This is a petition for leave to file an application for a writ of-prohibition directed to the Hon. James C. Wilson, Judge of the Northern District of Texas, Glenn Smith, referee in bankruptcy for the same district, and Walter A. Todd, trustee of the bankrupt estate of Harry W. Elliott. It appears the bankrupt surrendered as part of his estate his interests in a number of oil leases in the East Texas Oil Field. He had transferred his interests in these leases to two syndicates, had divided them into 150,000 separate parts and had sold them to the public at $10 per fractional part. Petitioners claim to own some 217 of these fractional “interests.” The referee issued an order to show cause why the assets should not be liquidated and the estate closed. Petitioners sought to intervene in the case, for themselves and all others similarly situated, to oppose the closing of the estate, contending that some producing wells had been brought in and the property should be turned over to the interest holders. No other interest holders joined them. Leave to intervene was denied and an appeal was taken to this court, where it is now pending and will be heard in due course. Whatever rights petitioners may have are protected by the appeal.
On the authority of In re Cohen et al., 5 Cir., 107 F.2d 881, the petition is denied.

Question: What is the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court?
A. criminal and prisoner petitions
B. civil - government
C. diversity of citizenship
D. civil - private
E. other, not applicable
F. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: D