Legal Opinion

Lurie v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided July 5, 1927No. 4795PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DENISON, Circuit Judge.

Lurie was convicted of conspiring to violate section 29b (4) of the Bankruptcy Act (section 9613, U. S. C. S., and as now amended, section 52 of title 11, U. S. Code). The thing forbidden is to receive “any material amount of property from a bankrupt after the filing of the petition, with intent to defeat this act.” Rosenberg Bros., as partners, were bankrupts, and, proceeding under section 12 of the Bankruptcy Act (U. S. Code, tit. 11, § 30 [U. S. Comp. St. § 9596]), offered a composition of 20 cents. Among the creditors was a Chicago corporation of which Lurie was the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

United States v. L. Cohen Grocery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
Myers v. International Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927

3Cited by3 opinions

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In re Admiral Container Corp.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1951
In the Matter of Stanley Ginsberg and Henry Ginsberg, Individually and as Copartners Now or Late Trading as Hensten Appliance Co., Bankrupts. Appeal of Stanley Ginsberg and Henry GinsbergCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955