Legal Opinion
In Re Midland United Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 3, 1947No. 9138PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALODNER, Circuit Judge.†
The issue here is whether an attorney for a protective committee for a senior security of a debtor in reorganization is disqualified from compensation for his services to the debtor estate, and reimbursement of his expenses, by reason of purchases by him and his wife of the securities of subsidiaries of the debtor, during the course of the reorganization.
The Court below ruled that there was a disqualification and this appeal is the result of its disallowance of compensation and expenses to the attorney. In doing so it held that an attorney for a protective committee…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Hecht Co. v. BowlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Porter v. Warner Holding Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Woods v. City Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- American United Mutual Life Insurance v. City of Avon ParkSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- In Re Paramount-Publix CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1935
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Wolf v. WeinsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Berner v. Equitable Office Bldg. CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Surface Transit, Inc. v. Saxe, Bacon & O'shea, in Re Allowances in Estate of Third Avenue Transit Corporation, DebtorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Cogan. Cogan v. Securities & Exchange Commission Jones v. Securities & Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
- Nichols v. Securities and Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
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