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In Re Shear

District Court, N.D. California

Decided January 31, 1956No. 14435PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HALBERT, District Judge.

The bankrupt, as petitioner here, has filed with this Court a petition for a review of an order of the Referee, adjudicating him an involuntary bankrupt after finding that the bankrupt was not a “wage earner” within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Act, Title 11 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq. The facts are that the bankrupt was employed as a truck dispatcher with an income of $600 per month at the times that are pertinent to these proceedings, and it was on the basis of these facts that the Referee made his determination that the bankrupt was not, for the purpose of these…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Massachusetts v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. Bank of Columbia v. OkelySupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  3. Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. Williams v. Mayor of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  5. Iselin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926

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3Cited by17 opinions

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  3. Associated Telephone and Telegraph Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1961
  4. Santa Fe Pacific Realty Corp. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1991
  5. United States v. PennellDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1956

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