Central Distributors, Inc. v. M.E.T., Inc., and Joseph L. Nellis

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Central Distributors Inc. (Central) commenced this Florida-based diversity action for breach of a license agreement against M.E.T., Inc. and Joseph L. Nellis in early 1965. The case in different circumstances has already been before this Court twice, Central Distributors, Inc. v. M.E.T., Inc., 5 Cir., 1968, 403 F.2d 943; Nellis v. Fulton, 5 Cir., 1969 [No. 27917, June 3] (petition for writ of mandamus), and the merits of the dispute have at times been overlooked in a continuing quarrel about procedure. M.E.T., Inc. is no longer a party. Now, after five years, the…