Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Tiffany

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 1, 1920No. 26, OriginalPublishedCited by 66 opinions

PETITION FOB WRIT OP MANDAMUS OB PBOHIBITION. The case is stated in the opinion. The application of the receiver in chancery was not to dissolve the injunction but that the District Court should instruct its receiver to turn over the assets to the qhancery receiver before distribution to creditors.

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PETITION FOB WRIT OP MANDAMUS OB PBOHIBITION. The case is stated in the opinion. The application of the receiver in chancery was not to dissolve the injunction but that the District Court should instruct its receiver to turn over the assets to the qhancery receiver before distribution to creditors. And if application had been made to dissolve the injunctive order contained in the order appointing the receiver it would not have been appealable under § 129. Such is the effect of the decision in Highland Avenue & Belt R. R. Co. v. Columbian Equipment Co., 168 U. S. 627. An order refusing to…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day

This is an application of J. Raymond Tiffany as receiver, appointed by the Court of Chancery of New Jersey, of William Necker, Inc., for a writ of mandamus, or in the alternative a writ of prohibition, the object of which is to require the District Judge and the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey to order the assets of the corporation, in the hands of a federal receiver, to be turned over to applicant for administration by him as receiver appointed by the New Jersey Court of Chancery.

An order to show cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Krippendorf v. HydeSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Ex Parte HardingSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  3. Gumbel v. PitkinSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  4. Ex parte OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  5. Savannah v. JesupSupreme Court of the United States · 1883

3Cited by66 opinions

  1. Bankers Trust Co. v. MallisSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Baltimore Contractors, Inc. v. BodingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  3. Ex Parte Bakelite Corp'n.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
  4. Maryland v. Soper, JudgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  5. Cogen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929

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