Legal Opinion
O'Keefe v. Equitable Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 13, 1939No. Nos. 6844, 6845PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
This is one of several cases in this court disclosing the banking practices prevalent in Atlantic City during the golden (calf) era. We are in sympathy with the learned District Court in its effort to unravel equitably the tangled skeins following upon the premature departure of the horse. We cannot, however, give our approval to its sanction of the particular method employed in locking this barn or bank. On Saturday morning, January 28, 1933, the Atlantic City National Bank was the victim of a “run”. The difference between a bank and a stocking being, by definition, one…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mount Vernon Trust Co. v. BergoffNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- O'Connor v. Bankers Trust Co.New York Supreme Court · 1936
- O'Connor v. Bankers Trust CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Schmid v. HainesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1935
- Smith v. Commercial Credit Corp.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1933
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Lem C. Bryan, Receiver v. Ernest A. Bartlett, Jr., Afton Borum, Hoyt Borum, and E. M. Clem, Lem C. Bryan, Receiver v. Gaylord B. RobersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. BeckmanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
- Del Drago v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- Kula v. Karat, Inc.Nevada Supreme Court · 1975