Legal Opinion
First Nat. Bank of Sikeston, Mo. v. JEFFERSON S. & D., INC.
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided August 20, 1971No. Civ. A. 3864PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIXON, District Judge.
On the night of August 17 and the early morning of August 18, 1969, the most intense storm ever recorded in the western hemisphere, Hurricane Camille, struck the Mississippi and Louisiana Gulf Coast with winds, attaining a velocity approximating 200 miles per hour and tides ranging from 15 to 30 feet above normal. The obvious aftermath of this freak of nature which claimed many lives and totally destroyed over 4,000 homes on the Mississippi Gulf Coast alone, was the urgent necessity to find shelter for those persons the storm had rendered homeless. The transportation of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Phelps v. ScottSupreme Court of Missouri · 1930
- Ben Zuke, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Midas Coin Company, Inc., Bankrupt v. St. Johns Community BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- National Shawmut Bank of Boston v. International Yarn Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1970
3Cited by8 opinions
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- Commerce Bank of University City v. EDCO Financial Serv.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1974
- First National Bank v. Jefferson Sales & Distributors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Drewes v. United States (In Re Bukowski)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 1990
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