Legal Opinion
In Re Imperial Sheet Metal, Inc.
District Court, M.D. Louisiana
Decided January 12, 1973No. BK-67-195PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GORDON WEST, District Judge:
This matter is before the Court on a petition for review of an order of the Referee in Bankruptcy disallowing certain claims of four unsecured creditors. The facts, as set forth in the Referee’s Reasons for Judgment, are uncontested. The questions of law presented for review are:(1) Is a proof of claim “filed,” within the purview of 57n of the Bankruptcy Act, at the time the claimant deposits it in the mail at the United States Post Office, or is the filing requirement satisfied only upon delivery of the proof into the actual custody of the court (that is, the…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Pepper v. LittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- United States v. LombardoSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Hutchinson v. OtisSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- In Re G. L. Miller & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Milando v. PerroneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
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3Cited by18 opinions
- In Re South Atlantic Financial Corp., Etc., Debtors. Biscayne 21 Condominium Association, Inc. v. South Atlantic Financial Corp., Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Pathway Bellows, Inc. v. Robert W. Blanchette, Richard C. Bond and John H. McArthur Trustees of the Penn Central Transportation Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Levine v. First National Bank of Lincolnwood (In Re Evanston Motor Co.)District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
- In Re V-M Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Michigan · 1982
- In Re Sems Music Co., Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1982
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