Legal Opinion

Spach v. Bryant

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 21, 1962No. 19079PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GEWIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida refusing to subordinate certain claims of the appellees, Robin I. Bryant and Clarence A. Lounsbury, filed by them against a bankrupt corporation, to the rights of other unsecured creditors.

B & L Farms, a Florida corporation, filed a Plan of Arrangement under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Act1 in August of 1958 and a Receiver was appointed to administer the plan. The Plan of Arrangement was unsuccessful, the corporation was adjudicated a bankrupt in June of 1959, and trustees were…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Pepper v. LittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  2. Local Loan Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  3. Securities & Exchange Commission v. United States Realty & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. Arnold v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
  5. Stewart v. GaneyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. In the Matter of Mobile Steel Company, Debtor. Elaine E. Benjamin v. Lester Y. Diamond, as Trustee in Bankruptcy for Mobile Steel, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  2. In the Matter of Multiponics, Incorporated, Bankrupt. MacHinery Rental, Inc. And Carl Biehl v. William W. Herpel, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  3. In the Matter of Fabricators, Inc., Debtor. Fabricators, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Technical Fabricators, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
  4. In Re Burden, Wilfred, H., A/K/A Burden, Wilfred, H., Jr., T/a Burden's Janitorial Service & Supply Company v. The United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
  5. In re Lifschultz Fast FreightCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997

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