Legal Opinion
In re Davis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 30, 1984No. 83-3782PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Per curiam
After Johns-Manville had filed a petition for corporate reorganization, the bankruptcy court stayed all proceedings against it and its officers. The suits of 279 asbestos workers, who claimed damages for personal injury, were then stayed by the federal district court in which these claims were pending. Counsel for the asbestos workers sought to vacate the stay by seeking certiorari in this court. The bankruptcy court cited him for contempt of its stay order by thus seeking to vacate the stay. Counsel then applied to us for a writ of prohibition *178to prevent the contempt proceedings. We deny…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Landis v. North American Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. Whiting Pools, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Schlagenhauf v. HolderSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by110 opinions
- A.H. Robins Co. v. PiccininCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
- The Matter of Zale Corporation, Debtor. Alan D. Feld, and National Union Fire Insurance Company, Inc., of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania v. Zale CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- MacArthur Co. v. Johns-Manville Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- In the Matter of Lewis Anson David Edgeworth, M.D., Debtor. Donna Elaine Houston v. Lewis Anson David Edgeworth, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Manville Corp. v. Equity Security Holders Committee (In re Johns-Manville Corp.)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
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