Legal Opinion
In Re Burns Bros.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 4, 1936No. 62409PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, District Judge.
The debtor filed petition for reorganization on May 24, 1935. The petition alleged insolvency and inability to meet maturing obligations. An order was entered continuing the debtor in possession until return of an order to show cause. 'On the return day various creditors and stockholders made warm opposition to the debtor being permitted to remain in possession and asked for appointment of a trustee. It was charged that the debt- or’s business had been ruined because of domination by two groups of wholesale coal companies, the Lehigh group and the Lackawanna group;…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. BoydSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- First Nat. Bank of Cincinnati v. FlershemSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- National Surety Co. v. CoriellSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- In Re National Public Service CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
- Pullman Couch Co. v. EshelmanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1924
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re Los Angeles Lumber Products Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1938
- In re Kalamazoo Bldg. Co.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 1937