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MATTER OF BRANIFF AIRWAYS, INC.

No. 85-1352 Summary Calendar.

774 F.2d 1303 (1985)

In the Matter of BRANIFF AIRWAYS, INC., et al., Debtor. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, H.C. Cooper, J.M. James and I.C. Simpson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BRANIFF AIRWAYS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mullinax, Wells, Baab & Cloutman, Edward B. Cloutman, III, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Arnold & Porter, Daniel M. Lewis, Brian P. Leitch, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge.

The district court dismissed an appeal from the bankruptcy court because the appellant's brief was not filed within 15 days after entry of the appeal and, indeed, had not yet been filed 19 1/2 months later when the appeal was dismissed. Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm.

This appeal to the district court from a bankruptcy court order was filed on September 14, 1983. Although Bankruptcy Rule 8009 requires...

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