Legal Opinion
In re Reading Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 23, 1975No. 71-828PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER NO. 904
DITTER, District Judge.
Before me is the petition of the Upper Merion and Plymouth Railroad to obtain indemnity or contribution for a settlement it reached in an action brought by one of its employees injured on property belonging to the Reading' Company, a railroad in reorganization under Section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C. § 205. In disposing of this matter, I must determine when petitioner’s claim should be deemed to have arisen, its nature, and the impact of an agreement by debt- or’s counsel to contribute to petitioner the amount now sought.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Pepper v. LittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Local Loan Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- United States National Bank v. Chase National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- George Smith v. Max C. Whitmore, and Third-Party (Pervis Lee Pue, Jr., Third-Party Appellant)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
- Swartz v. SunderlandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Gazes v. DeArakie (In Re DeArakie)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1996
- In the Matter of Penn Central Transportation Company, Usx Corporation and Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Haines v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. (In Re Haines)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
- In Re Food Barn Stores, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · 1994
- Matter of Howard's Appliance Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1987
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