Southern Land Title Corporation v. Honorable Lansing L. Mitchell, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

The sole question for decision in this mandamus proceeding is whether the district court abused its discretion in dismissing the debtor corporation’s petition for reorganization under Chapter X of the Bankruptcy Act without hearing oral testimony. We hold that on the face of the record as it existed February 3, 1967, the district court did not abuse its discretion in disapproving and dismissing the petition. If the court erred, Congress has provided a remedy by way of appeal.

The record shows that the district judge did not act arbitrarily. The case fell to the Honorable Lansing L. Mitchell.…