Legal Opinion

Lion Bonding & Surety Co. v. Karatz

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 23, 1923No. 574, 467PublishedCited by 247 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Brandéis

delivered the opinion of the Court.

These two cases arise out of the insolvency of the Lion Bonding and Surety Company, a Nebraska insurance corporation. They are here on writs of certiorari to- the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In the Karatz case, it affirmed a decree-of the federal court for Minnesota which appointed receivers in a suit brought by an unsecured simple contract creditor. See 280 Fed. 532. In the Hertz case, it reversed a decree of the federal court for Nebraska, which dismissed a suit brought by those receivers for…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Kline v. Burke Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
  2. Covell v. HeymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. Metcalf v. BarkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  4. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Lake Street Elevated RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  5. Byers v. McAuleySupreme Court of the United States · 1893

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3Cited by247 opinions

  1. McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
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  3. Healy v. RattaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  4. Thomson v. GaskillSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  5. Clark v. Paul Gray, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939

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