Legal Opinion
Benton v. Callaway
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 15, 1948No. 12130PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment of the court below, entered in the exercise of its bankruptcy jurisdiction, which permanently enjoined the appellants (individually and as members of a stockholders protective committee) from prosecuting a suit filed *879in the Superior Court of Bibb County, Georgia. A temporary injunction had been issued by said state court against the officers and directors of the South Western Railroad Company, restraining them, without the unanimous consent of the stockholders, from the execution of any written instrument conveying to the debtor or its…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Kline v. Burke Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Gardner v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Harrison v. ChamberlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Palmer v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Callaway v. BentonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- In re the Valuation Proceedings under Sections 303(c) & 306Special Court under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act · 1977
- In The Matter Of Land Investors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- Texas & N. O. R. Co. v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- W. H. B. Simpson v. South Western Railroad Company and Central of Georgia Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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