Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania v. Williams
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 4, 1935No. 394PublishedCited by 294 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
In this case certiorari was granted, directed to the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, to resolve questions of public importance growing out of the rival claims of a federal district court and the Department of Banking of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; each asserts authority to liquidate the business and affairs of an insolvent building and loan association, organized under the laws of Pennsylvania.
On February 9, 1933, a New York shareholder in Mortgage Building and Loan Association, a Pennsylvania corporation, on behalf of himself and other shareholders filed a bill of complaint in…
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