Legal Opinion
Western Pac R.R. Corp. v. Western Pac. R. Co. Metzger v. Western Pac. R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1952No. 12506_1PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYRNE, District Judge.
' These are appeals from a judgment denying relief to plaintiffs below, who are seeking to recover approximately $17,000,000 from the reorganized The Western Pacific Railroad Company, defendant and appellee.1 Appellants are The Western Pacific Railroad Corporation (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “Corporation”), its receiver, and three of its preferred stockholders, who intervened to assert Corporation’s claims.
Appellant Corporation, from 1916 until the events which gave rise to this litigation, owned all of the capital stock of The Western Pacific Railroad Company,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Southern Pacific Co. v. BogertSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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- Mayo v. Lakeland Highlands Canning Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- North American Co. v. Securities & Exchange CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ecker v. Western Pacific R. Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
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