In Re: Lentino

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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No. 00-20468
Summary Calendar
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In the Matter of: JORGE A. LENTINO, MD; EDUARDO P. LENTINO, MD,
Debtors,
MARTA A. LENTINO; JORGE A LENTINO, MD; EDUARDO P. LENTINO, MD,
Appellants,
versus
LOWELL CAGE,
Appellee.
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In the Matter Of: JORGE A. LENTINO; EDUARDO P. LENTINO, MD also
known as Eduardo Pedro Lentino, also known as E. P. Lentino,
Debtors,
LOWELL CAGE,
Appellee,
versus
‘MARTA A. LENTINO; JORGE A. LENTINO, MD; EDUARDO P. LENTINO, MD,
Appellants,
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
Civil Docket No. H-97-CV-498
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November 22, 2000
Before DAVIS, JONES, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

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*Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:*
The essential issue on appeal here is whether the
district court erred by approving a compromise of controversy
between the Chapter 7 trustee and creditor Cullen Frost Bank &
Trust. Among other things, the compromise devalued the debtors’
claims of usury against the bank after the debtors’ testimony
failed to support that theory at trial. We have reviewed the
district court’s order, the briefs, and record excerpts and find no
error of fact or abuse of discretion in the district court’s
decision affirming the trustee’s eminently sensible decision:
AFFIRMED.

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