Legal Opinion
In re North American Light & Power Co.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided July 16, 1952No. Civ. A. 1033PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAHY, Chief Judge.
In this matter the SEC has asked for rehearing, which was granted, and Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia law firm, for themselves and for Drexel & Co., asked leave to file a brief as Amicus Curiae. The SEC frankly stated it was alarmed by a certain discussion in my former opinion, D.C.Del., 101 F.Supp. 931, which suggested the SEC had no grant of congressional power to fix attorneys’ fees in reorganization proceedings under § 11(e) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, 15 U.S.C.A. § 79k(e) ; and Drinker, Biddle & Reath, as Amicus, argue I held there was no…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re North American Light & Power Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1951
3Cited by4 opinions
- In Re North American Light & Power Co. Securities & Exchange Commission v. MastersonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- In re Niagara Hudson Power Corp.District Court, N.D. New York · 1953
- Standard Gas & Electric Co. v. Securities and Exchange Commission Securities and Exchange Commission v. Northern States Power Co. (Delaware)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
- In re Townsend Growth Fund, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1965