Legal Opinion
Conway v. Union Bank of Switzerland
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 8, 1953No. 174, Docket 22538PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
These are appeals by the Debtor, its Trustee and several other interested parties from an order of the bankruptcy court, dismissing for lack of jurisdiction the petition of the Trustee in reorganization under Chapter X of the Silesian-American Corporation, against four Swiss banks, which for convenience we shall call collectively “The Banks.” The petition alleged that “The Banks” had got possession of large quantities of zinc ore and of the proceeds from the sale of such ore, for which they were accountable to the Debtor and it prayed that they should be required to…
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