Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Chicago Express, Incorporated, Bankrupt. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. Chicago Express, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 24, 1964No. 371, Docket 28613PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company appeals from a decision of Judge Feinberg, in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, 222 F.Supp. 566 (1963), rejecting its claim that interline freight charges owing to it from the debtor, Chicago Express, a motor carrier, earned by furnishing “piggy-back” rail carriage to the debtor’s trailers, were entitled to priority in the latter’s arrangement proceeding under Chapter XI of the Bankruptcy Act. The Pennsylvania rested its claim to priority on the alternative theories that its share of amounts collected by the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Swift v. TysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
- Fosdick v. SchallSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- New York Dock Co. v. Steamship PoznanSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by25 opinions
- In the Matter of Yale Express System, Inc., Debtor. Boston Insurance Company v. F. Ralph Nogg, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- In re Penn Central Transportation Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- McFaddin Express, Inc. v. Adley Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Oneida Indian Nation of NY v. State of NYDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1981
- Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. Continental Bank (In Re Shulman Transport Enterprises, Inc.)District Court, S.D. New York · 1983
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