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WILLIS v. GLADDING CORP.

No. 77-2567 Summary Calendar.

567 F.2d 630 (1978)

Clifford E. WILLIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GLADDING CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry A. Karns, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

M. Lewis Hall, Jr., Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

In this case the district court dismissed a damage suit brought against defendant Gladding Corporation upon learning that Gladding had filed a Chapter XI petition under the Bankruptcy Act. The district court should have stayed the suit rather than dismissing it. We vacate and remand.

Clifford E. Willis filed this diversity action against Gladding in a Florida district court, seeking damages for Gladding's alleged breach of an employment...

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