In an unusual ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a four-year-old bankruptcy sale, finding both U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Raymond Ray and prominent Fort Lauderdale bankruptcy attorney Chad Pugatch acted improperly.

The unanimous unsigned opinion Friday returned the case to Ray to reverse an entire bankruptcy of Deerfield Beach-based Global Energies LLC. The opinion reversed both U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams in Miami and Ray in Fort Lauderdale.