Legal Opinion

In re New York, S. & W. R.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided December 19, 1946No. 9067PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

The appeal at bar presents the question whether the trustee of New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Company, the" debtor, appointed pursuant to the provisions of Section 77 of the Bánkruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 205, may disaffirm two trackage ■ agreements dated respectively April 6, 1904 and April 1, 1911. The court below held that the attempted disaffirmance by the trustee was invalid. The trustee and certain bondholders, constituting the so-called “Insurance Group”, have appealed.

The court below found that The New York Central Railroad Company, by way of one of its…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Thompson v. Texas Mexican Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
  3. Palmer v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  4. Smith v. Hoboken Railroad, Warehouse & Steamship Connecting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  5. Transit Commission v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Howard v. Surface Transportation BoardCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
  2. In re Reading Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. In re New York, Susquehanna & Western RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947
  4. New York Central Railroad v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947

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