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BUMGARDER v. KEENE CORPORATION

No. 78-1247.

593 F.2d 572 (1979)

William J. BUMGARDER, Appellant, v. KEENE CORPORATION, Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Motley, Barnwell, S.C. (Terry E. Richardson, Jr., Barnwell, S.C., on brief), for appellant.

John P. Linton, Charleston, S.C. (Robert H. Hood, Sinkler Gibbs & Simons, Charleston, S.C., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, and THOMSEN, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Invoking diversity jurisdiction, William Bumgarder, a resident of North Carolina, sued several foreign corporations in the district court. His complaint was dismissed upon a finding that South Carolina's "door-closing" statute, S.C. Code § 15-5-150, barred the action. Bumgarder appeals, and we affirm.

The district court properly determined that Bumgarder's case did not fall within the terms of § 15-5-150, for he is neither a resident...

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