Legal Opinion
In Re Merced Irr. Dist.
District Court, S.D. California
Decided January 10, 1939No. 4818PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORMICK, District Judge.
Merced Irrigation District, hereinafter called “the District,” pursuant to Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Act of 1938, section 81 et seq., 11 U.S.C.A. § 401 et seq., has filed its petition for confirmation of a plan of composition of bond indebtedness. The constitutionality of the provisions of the Bankruptcy Act that are invoked by the District is unquestionable. United States v. Bekins, 304 U.S. 27, 58 S.Ct. 811, 82 L.Ed. 1137.
The factual basis for the application to effect a composition of its bonded indebtedness of $16,190,000 principal and about $6,000,000 accrued…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Isaacs v. Hobbs Tie & Timber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. BraySupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- United States v. BekinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Manhattan Life Insurance v. BroughtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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3Cited by12 opinions
- In Re Penn Central Transportation CompanySpecial Court under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act · 1974
- West Coast Life Ins. Co. v. Merced Irr. Dist.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1940
- In Re Colonial Ford, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1982
- Gillman v. Preston Family Investment Co. (In Re Richardson)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1983
- In re Lindsay-Strathmore Irr. Dist.District Court, S.D. California · 1939
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