VAN CISE, Judge.
Plaintiff, Anthony W. Bright, instituted this action in the state district court to collect the amount owing to him for attorney fees and expenses for services rendered to the defendant, Fred C. Sproul, Inc., while it was the debtor-in-possession in a 1975 Chapter XI Bankruptcy Act proceeding. That court determined that the federal bankruptcy court had exclusive jurisdiction over the matter of attorney fees in a Chapter XI proceeding, and dismissed...
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