Legal Opinion
Burke v. Morphy
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 13, 1940No. 197PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
Rutland Railroad Company is in receivership under a creditor’s bill filed in the District Court for the District of Vermont. The receiver has been hard pressed to meet even his operating expenses. For lack of cash, the district judge, on July 12, 1938, ordered the receiver to pay employees only 85 per cent, of their wages after that date, and the employees were granted a first lien on the property for the remainder due them. The 15 per cent, withheld under this order on wages accruing between July 12 and August 4 has since been paid, and is not the subject of the present…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Union Trust Co. v. Illinois Midland Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Gratiot County State Bank v. Johnson Ex Rel. St. Louis Chemical Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Gillis v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Rutland Railway Corporation v. Brotherhood of Locomotive EngineersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes, Afl-Cio v. Rea Express, Inc., Debtor, Rea Express, Inc., Debtor-In-Possession, International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers, Afl-Cio v. Rea Express, Inc., Debtor, Rea Express, Inc., Debtor-In-PossessionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Switchmen's Union of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Missouri-Illinois Railroad Company v. Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, Missouri-Illinois Railroad Company v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen v. Chicago North Shore & M. R.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945
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