Legal Opinion
Cline v. Kaplan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 4, 1944No. 307PublishedCited by 222 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
This case concerns the powers of a bankruptcy court when a claim adverse to the bankrupt estate is asserted.
An involuntary petition for adjudication in bankruptcy was filed against Gold Medal Laundries on September 22, 1941. A month later the adjudication was made. On December 22, petitioner, the trustee in bankruptcy, filed with the referee a petition for an order directing the respondents to turn over certain assets, allegedly belonging to the bankrupt, which had come into possession of the respondents some fifteen months prior to the institution of the bankruptcy proceedings. Respondents’…
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