Legal Opinion
In Re New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 28, 1967No. 30226PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON PETITION BY SIX MONTHS CREDITORS FOR PRIORITY
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
Several unsecured creditors of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, the Debtor in reorganization, have asserted claims to a priority in the assets of the Debtor based on the so-called “six months rule”. For the reasons set forth below, these claims are not entitled to be paid on a priority basis which would have to be satisfied from the corpus 1 of the mortgaged property of the Railroad. Since it appears extremely unlikely that any assets other than corpus will be available after…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Thomas v. Western Car Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Miltenberger v. Logansport Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Pennsylvania Steel Co. v. New York City Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1912
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3Cited by18 opinions
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