Legal Opinion
Woods v. City Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 10, 1941No. 281 and 282PublishedCited by 356 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
The basic question involved in this case concerns the power of the District Court in proceedings under Ch. X of the Chandler Act (52 Stat. 840) to disallow claims for compensation and reimbursement on the grounds that the claimants were serving dual or conflicting interests. The claimants, respondents here, are an indenture trustee, a bondholders’ committee, and the committee’s counsel. Counsel to the committee was also counsel to the indenture trustee; and its services in the latter capacity were included in the claim of the indenture trustee. The bankruptcy trustee appeared in opposition to…
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