Legal Opinion
In Re Ira Haupt & Company
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 29, 1969No. 64 B 259PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOTLEY, District Judge.
This is a petition to review an order and decision of the referee in bankruptcy, Edward J. Ryan, who authorized the trustee in bankruptcy, Charles Seligson, as trustee for the bankrupt, Ira Haupt and Company (Haupt), to compromise two controversies. These controversies arise out of the sea of litigation spawned by the so-called “Salad Oil Scandal” of November 1963. American Express Warehousing, Ltd. v. Transamerica Insurance Co., 380 F.2d 277 (2d Cir. 1967). The referee also approved the proposed settlement agreements and authorized the trustee to take any and…
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