Scribner & Miller v. Conway

The “ ‘most thankless and delicate task’ ” in corporate reorganizations, that of fixing allowances for services rendered in the proceedings, Finn v. Childs Co., 2 Cir., 181 F.2d 431, 435, is here especially difficult because of the nature of the problems faced and the divergence of views which developed as to their solution. The Silesian-American Corporation was formed in the twenties to mine, exploit, and develop extensive zinc and coal deposits in Upper Silesia; but the events of World War II left in substance only rights of action as its assets in the reorganization proceedings initiated…