Legal Opinion
In re Penn Central Transportation Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 28, 2012No. 70-347Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
BARTLE, District Judge.
On Sunday, June 21, 1970, at 5:40 p.m., Judge C. William Kraft, Jr. of this court signed the petition of the Penn Central Transportation Company (“PCTC”) for reorganization under § 77 of the Bankruptcy Act of 1898, 11 U.S.C. § 205 (repealed 1978). Order No. 1. The matter was then assigned to Judge John P. Fullam, who oversaw this massive proceeding for more than forty years until April 15, 2011 when he ceased hearing cases. Thereafter, it was transferred to the undersigned.
The reorganized company that emerged from the reorganization proceedings in 1978 was…
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- National Labor Relations Board v. Bildisco & BildiscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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