Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Reading Company, Debtor. Appeal of Trailer Train Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 16, 1983No. 82-1557, 82-1726PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:
Appellee Reading Company (“Reading”) owns 500 shares of stock in appellant Trailer Train Company (“Trailer Train”). During Reading’s reorganization proceedings under section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act of 1898 as amended (“the 1898 Act”), 11 U.S.C. § 205 (1976), 1 Reading’s trustees petitioned for an order compelling Trailer Train to repurchase the stock, convert it into debt or preferred stock, or pay dividends. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, sitting as a reorganization court, ordered Trailer Train…
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