In re Blatchley

This is an application by Harry C. Blatchley for leave to file a petition for a writ of mandamus to be directed to the Honorable John A. Peters, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine. On September 11, 1946, the matter was presented to us orally by counsel for petitioner in conjunction with a hearing on sundry motions and applications in related cases, all growing out of a certain proceeding initiated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under § 11(b) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, 49 Stat. 803, 15 U.S.C.A. § 79k(b), in which proceeding…