Johnson v. K Mart Croup

Full title: James JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. K MART CORPORATION…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Date published: Feb 14, 2002

281 F.3d 1368 (11th Cir. 2002)

Opinion

No. 99-14563.

February 14, 2002.

Bradley M. Bole, Rahdert, Steele Bryan, Saint Petersburg, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Walter B. Connolly, Jr., Foley Lardner, Detroit, MI, Mark J. Neuberger, Buchanan Ingersoll, P.C., Miami, FL, Richard J. Antonelli, Theodore Schroeder, Robert W. Pritchard, Littler Mendelson, Pittsburgh, PA, Guy O. Farmer, II, Foley Lardner, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Caren I. Friedman, Washington, DC, for EEOC, Amicus Curiae.

Ann Elizabeth Reesman, McGuiness, Norris Williams, LLP, Washington, DC, for Equal Employment Advisory Council, Amicus Curiae.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida (No. 98-02383-CV-T-25E); Henry Lee Adams, Jr., Judge.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT, EDMONDSON, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES, BARKETT, HULL, MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

BY THE COURT:

In view of Kmart Corporation's filing of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition, and in compliance with 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)(1), no decision will be rendered in this case until the bankruptcy court grants relief from the automatic stay or the stay lapses. See Ellison v. Northwest Engineering Company, 707 F.2d 1310 (11th Cir. 1983).

The parties are directed to inform the Court when the bankruptcy court grants relief from the automatic stay or the stay lapses.