Legal Opinion
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Bartels
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 4, 1939No. 33PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief- Justice Hughes
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this proceeding brought by a farmer under § 75 of the Bankruptcy Act, the District Court dismissed the debtor’s petition. The Circuit Court of Appeals held that this action was contrary to the requirements of the statute and directed the proceeding to be reinstated. 100 F. 2& 813. Because of conflict in the rulings of the Court of Appeals of the Fifth Circuit, due to the differing views of the judges composing the court in the cases cited, 1 and because of the importance of the question, we granted certiorari, 307 U. S. 617.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wright v. Vinton Branch of Mountain Trust Bank of RoanokeSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Wright v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Adair v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Baxter v. Savings Bank of Utica, NYCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
- Wilson v. Alliance Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by114 opinions
- Wright v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- In Re Victory Const. Co., Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · 1981
- RFC v. Denver & RGWR Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Denver & Rio Grande Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Mangus v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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