Atlas Automation, Inc. v. Jensen, Inc. (In Re Atlas Automation, Inc.)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND RECOMMENDATION RE: JURISDICTION AND ABSTENTION

ARTHUR J. SPECTOR, Bankruptcy Judge.

JURISDICTION

This is an action commenced May 24, 1982, by the Chapter 11 Debtor-in-Possession against a company which is otherwise a stranger to these proceedings for a money judgment on an alleged account receivable. The defendant counterclaimed and demanded a jury trial 1 . The defendant later moved for a dismissal or abstention based upon Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co., 458 U.S. 50, 102 S.Ct. 2858, 73 L.Ed.2d 598 (1982).

The complaint and the counterclaim are…