The following excerpt is from In re United Merchants & Mfrs., Inc., 3 BR 286 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1980):
The first request is denied, but it may be renewed, if appropriate, to the court which will ultimately have jurisdiction over the subject matter. For one thing, as this court has concluded that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction, its hand should be further stayed, save possibly to temporarily apply the rule of Steelman v. All Continent Co., supra, which, as seen, it has not been asked to do.
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