Legal Opinion
United States v. Bekins
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 25, 1938No. 757 and 772PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
These are direct appeals from the judgment-of the District Court for the Southern District of California under the Act of August 24, 1937, c. 754, 50 Stat. 751. They present the question of the constitutional validity of the Act of August 16, 1937, 50 Stat. 653, amending the Bankruptcy Act by adding Chapter X providing for the composition of indebtedness of the taxing agencies or instrumentalities therein described. A certificate was issued to the Attorney General and the United States intervened. The District Court held the statute invalid as applied to the appellant and dismissed its…
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