Legal Opinion
Reading Co. v. Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 3, 1968No. 127PublishedCited by 341 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
On November 16, 1962, I. J. Knight Realty Corporation filed a petition for an arrangement under Chapter XI of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U. S. C. §§ 701-799. The same day, the District Court appointed a receiver, Francis Shunk Brown, a respondent here. The receiver was authorized to conduct the debtor’s business, which consisted principally of leasing the debtor’s only significant asset, an eight-story industrial structure located in Philadelphia.
On January 1, 1963, the building was totally destroyed by a fire which spread to adjoining premises and destroyed real and personal property of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Nicholas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- McNulta v. LochridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Vass v. Conron Bros. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
- Boteler v. IngelsSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Bloom's AdministratorSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by341 opinions
- In Re Mammoth Mart, Inc., Debtor. Stanley Cramer v. Mammoth Mart, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- In the Matter of Jartran, Inc., Debtor. Appeal of Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation and Sandra C. Tinsley, IncCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- In Re Hemingway Transport, Inc., Debtors. Juniper Development Group, Etc. v. Herbert C. Kahn, Etc., (Two Cases) in Re Hemingway Transport, Inc., Debtors. Juniper Development Group, Etc. v. Herbert C. Kahn, Etc., in Re Hemingway Transport, Inc., Debtors. Juniper Development Group, Etc. v. Herbert C. Kahn, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Carter-Wallace, Inc. v. Davis-Edwards Pharmacal Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- In Re: Sunarhauserman, Inc. And Hauserman, Inc., Debtors. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. Sunarhauserman, Inc. And Hauserman, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
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