Legal Opinion
Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 28, 1946No. Nos. 278 to 282PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
The petitioners in these five cases are the owners of claims against the debtor, Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company, or against a secondary debtor, the Denver & Salt Lake Western Railroad Company. The respondents are the two debtors just named; City Bank Farmers Trust Company, Trustee under the General Mortgage of the principal debtor; and the Trustee of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, a large owner of common stock of the principal debtor.
The debtors sought reorganization in the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado under § 77 of the Bankruptcy…
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