Legal Opinion
American United Mutual Life Insurance v. City of Avon Park
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 23, 1940No. 31PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
The District Court confirmed a plan for the.composition of the debts of respondent under Ch. IX of the Bankruptcy Act (50 Stat. 653; 52 Stat. 939, 940) , The Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that order. 108 F. 2d 1010. Petitioner, a creditor of the city, having objected to the confirmation in the courts below, brought the case here on a petition for certiorari, which we granted in view of the importance -of the problems in the administration of the composition and reorganization provisions of the Act.
The city’s composition was a refunding, plan worked out by it and its fiscal agent, R. E.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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