Bayless ex rel. Estate of Orchard Co. v. Christie, Manson & Woods International, Inc.

McWILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western *349District of Oklahoma in a proceeding brought by Bobbie G. Bayless, the trustee of the estate of The Orchard Company, an Oklahoma general partnership, against Christie, Manson & Woods International, Inc., a New York City, New York, domiciled corporation. Jurisdiction of the district court was based upon 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 and 1334, because the proceeding in the district court was directly related to the administration of a bankruptcy estate then pending in the United States…