Legal Opinion

Linda Pope v. Manville Forest Products Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 12, 1985No. 85-4397PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff, Linda Pope, appeals the district court’s judgment which dismissed her Title VII claim on grounds of res judi-cata after a bankruptcy court heard the matter and allowed no damages.

She initially filed this action against Man-ville in the Western District of Louisiana, but the district court action was automatically stayed after Manville filed Chapter 11 proceedings, 11 U.S.C. § 362, in the Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York. The bankruptcy court entered a stay order that was filed in the Western District of Louisiana.

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2Cited by54 opinions

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