Legal Opinion
Bernards v. Johnson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 10, 1941No. 2PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Roberts
We took this case because it presents important questions of appellate practice under § 75 1 of the Bankruptcy Act.
The petitioners, who are adjudicated bankrupts, attack an order and a decree of the District Court, which were affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 2 The respondents are mortgagees who purchased property of the bankrupts at foreclosure sales, and the trustee in bankruptcy.
The petitioners were owners of land in Oregon. April 12, 1933, the respondent, Collins, brought foreclosure proceedings on a mortgage which was a first lien on a portion of the land. April 6, 1934, two of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Kalb v. FeuersteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. BartelsSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Bowman v. LoperenaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Union Joint Stock Land Bank of Detroit v. ByerlySupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Pfister v. Northern Illinois Finance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Buss v. Prudential Ins. Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- Dahnken's of Santa Barbara, Inc. v. Marsh Industries (In Re Dahnken's of Santa Barbara, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- In Re Vardaman Shoe Co.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1943
- In Re CasaudoumecqDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1942
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