Legal Opinion
In re Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corp.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 22, 1947No. 20716PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON. District Judge.
The present matter involves the claim of Samuel Marion, Allen H. Berkman and Nathan D. Leiman, attorneys for the Preferred Stockholders’ Protective Committee. Their claim is for “additional compensa*657tion” under the agreement in a letter signed by Alexander Guttmann, chairman of the committee, which declared that 584 shares of preferred stock were held in escrow for the claimants as additional compensation for their services.
On November 16, 1945, the court allowed the claimants $37,500.00 out of the debtor’s estate. Their claim for compensation was evidently misconstrued…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In Re Standard Gas & Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
- Chris Schroeder & Son Co. v. Watco Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1938
- In Re McCrory Stores CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
- Greensfelder v. St. Louis Public Service Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
- Zweifel, Tuohy & Crager v. Trans-State Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
3Cited by4 opinions
- Leiman v. GuttmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Leiman v. GuttmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Leiman v. GuttmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Leiman v. GuttmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1948