IN RE CROWN SPORTSWEAR, INC.

No. 77-1487.

575 F.2d 991 (1978)

In re CROWN SPORTSWEAR, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Desmond, Framingham, Mass., for appellant.

Scott P. Lewis, Boston, Mass., with whom Palmer & Dodge, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Circuit Judge, PETTINE, District Judge.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this bankruptcy appeal is whether an involuntary petition in bankruptcy brought by a single creditor alleging that the number of creditors was fewer than twelve should have been dismissed as a matter of law. The bankrupt-appellant moved to dismiss on the ground that, since it had more than eleven creditors, the bankruptcy court had no jurisdiction of the petition.

On June 4, 1976, appellant, Crown Sportswear, Inc., had made...

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