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MICROSOFTWARE COMPUTER SYSTEMS v. ONTEL CORP.

No. 81-2216.

686 F.2d 531 (1982)

MICROSOFTWARE COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ONTEL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Pinsof, Wolfe & Polovin, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

John P. Scotellaro, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, BAUER, Circuit Judge, and DOYLE, Senior District Judge.

CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

This case of first impression requires us to decide whether a district court is ever required to stay its proceedings pending the resolution of identical proceedings in a state court.

On December 15, 1980, Ontel, a New York corporation, filed an action in the Supreme Court of Nassau County, New York, alleging that Microsoftware Computer Systems (MCS), an Illinois corporation, owed it money for goods it had delivered pursuant to a contract...

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