In Re: Even St. Productions Ltd.

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Appeal

Two separate appeals were filed from the Bankruptcy Court’s turnover order, (“Turnover Order,” Dkt. No. 1), which involves the ownership of performance royalties. BMI, the administrator of the royalties, commenced the first appeal in February 2017, Case No. 17-CV- 01424-JGB (“BMI Docket”). That appeal recently settled. (See BMI Dkt. Nos. 1, 30, 31.) The instant appeal was filed by Appellants Pope and Roberts Majoken, Case No. 17-CV-1756-JGB. The Appellees in both cases are Debtors Even St. and Goldstein Majoken. In the BMI appeal, BMI filed an appendix containing the record, which the parties reference in this appeal. (“BMI Appendix,” BMI Dkt. No. 12.)

Appellants filed their notice of appeal after BMI, on March 3, 2017. (Dkt. No. 1.) They filed their opening brief on June 30, 2017. (“Pope Appeal,” Pope Dkt. No. 16.) Appellants filed two supplemental appendices of the record. (“Pope Appendix,” Dkt. Nos. 17, 22.) Appellees responded on July 28, 2017. (“Appellee Pope Brief (APB)),” Pope Dkt. No. 20.) Appellants replied on August 8, 2017. (“Pope Reply,” Dkt. No. 21.)

The case involves multiple parties disputing the royalty streams from…