Legal Opinion
In re Page Displays, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 21, 1940PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONGER, District Judge.
This is a petition to review an order of the Referee appointing George W. Gavagan, the Receiver herein, as Trustee. The correctness of the order appealed from depends upon whether or not the creditor, Frank Bailey, was entitled to vote. If he was, there was a stalemate and the Referee had the power to appoint a Trustee.
The disqualification of Bailey to vote for a Trustee is asserted to arise from Section 44 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended in 1938, 11 U.S.C.A. § 72, sub. a, because, allegedly, Bailey is a stockholder of the bankrupt corporation. At the hearing before…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re Latham Lithographic CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- In re Gloria Vanderbilt-sonia Gowns, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1938
- In re Singer & Sirotta, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1939
3Cited by4 opinions
- In Re Deena Woolen Mills, Inc.District Court, D. Maine · 1953
- In the Matter of Ira Haupt & Co., a Limited Partnership, Bankrupt. One Estate, Inc. v. The Chase Manhattan Bank, (Two Cases). One Estate, Inc. v. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- In Re Ira Haupt & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1965
- One Estate, Inc. v. Chase Manhattan BankCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967