Legal Opinion
Zirn v. Hanover Bank
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 2, 1954No. 259, Docket 23000PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK, Circuit Judge.
Appellants contend that Smith v. Ho-boken R. R. Warehouse & S. S. Connecting Co., 328 U.S. 123, 66 S.Ct. 947, 951, 90 L.Ed. 1123, is “decisive of this appeal.” There the debtor railroad, in reorganization-bankruptcy under Section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act, was the lessee of a short-line railroad. The lease, executed long before the bankruptcy, provided, in effect, that the lessor had the power to terminate the lease and re-enter, if the lessee went into bankruptcy-reorganization. The lessor-owner applied to the bankruptcy court for permission to exercise this power, and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Gardner v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Thompson v. Texas Mexican Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Palmer v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Ecker v. Western Pacific R. Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Interstate Commerce Commission, and Ethan Allen, Inc., Intervenors v. Maine Central Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Baltimore & Annapolis RailroadDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1975
- MATTER OF VALUATION PROCEEDINGS UNDER §§ 303 (C) & 306Special Court under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act · 1977
- Myers v. Arkansas & Ozarks Railway CorporationDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1960
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