Sutton v. Adams

Case: 25-30228 Document: 58-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/23/2026

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ____________ United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit

No. 25-30228 FILED February 23, 2026 ____________ Lyle W. Cayce In the Matter of Maison Royale, L.L.C. Clerk Debtor, Rick M. Sutton, Appellant, versus Jack Adams, Appellee. ______________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana USDC No. 2:24-CV-1659 ______________________________ Before Richman, Engelhardt, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam: * This bankruptcy appeal is the latest controversy in a dozen-year dispute between Appellant Rick Sutton and Appellee Jack Adams following their contentious business venture. Although the state-court litigation is _____________________ * This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.

Case: 25-30228 Document: 58-1 Page: 2 Date Filed: 02/23/2026

No. 25-30228 rather sprawling, our inquiry here is narrow: Did the bankruptcy court err in allowing a portion of Adams’s claim for money he purportedly loaned Maison Royale over Sutton’s objections that the relevant transactions were not loans and that, in any event, Adams’s claim is untimely?

We see no reversible error in the bankruptcy court’s order or the district court’s affirmance. For the reasons stated in those thorough rulings, the contested transactions are properly deemed loans, and Adams’s claim is timely under any calculation. Accordingly, the judgment is AFFIRMED.