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CATHEY v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORP.

Nos. 82-5393, 82-5425, 82-5433 and 82-5580.

711 F.2d 60 (1983)

Elmer Lee CATHEY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants (82-5393), Plaintiffs-Appellees (82-5425), Robert H. Bunch, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees (82-5433), James O. Cavett, (82-5580), Plaintiff-Appellee (82-5580), v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION, et al., Defendant-Appellant (82-5425/5433/5580), Defendant-Appellee (82-5393).

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Douglas Nichol (argued), Paul Gillenwater, Gillenwater, Whelchel & Nichol, Knoxville, Tenn., for Elmer Lee Cathey, et al. Elmer Lee and Martha Jo Cathey and James O. Cavett.

Robert G. McDowell, Nashville, Tenn., for Owens, Ill.

William A. Young, Taylor & Grover, Knoxville, Tenn., for Fibreboard Corp.

Donald F. Paine, Dwight E. Tarwater, Gwendolyn K. Rogers, Egerton, McAfee, Armistead & Davis, Knoxville, Tenn., for RayMark Industries.

Darrell G. Townsend, Howell & Fisher, Nashville, Tenn., for Owen Corning.

Gayle I. Malone, Jr., Charles C. Trabue, III, Trabue, Sturdivant & DeWitt, Nashville, Tenn., for Pittsburgh-Corning.

F. Graham Bartlett, Knoxville, Tenn., for Nicolet Inc.

George B. McGugin, Nashville, Tenn., for Celotex Corp.

M. Anderson Cobb, Jr., Harris, Shelton, Dunlap & Cobb, Memphis, Tenn., for Fred H. Cagle, Jr.

W. Kyle Carpenter, Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, Knoxville, Tenn., H. Keith Jarvis (argued), Denver, Colo., for Johns-Manville Sales Corp.

Michael Y. Rowland (argued), Knoxville, Tenn., for Robert H. and Edna O. Bunch.

Before ENGEL and KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated asbestos actions join inquiry into the application of the automatic stay of proceeding imposed by 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) to appellate proceedings wherein Johns-Manville Sales Corporation (J-M) appears as a party in interest. Each underlying action asserts a claim for damages against J-M and others for an injury allegedly sustained from exposure to asbestos fibers contained in products manufactured or sold by the defendants...

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