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Dana et al. v. Duncan, Trustee, et al.; Equitable Office Building 1913 Co., Inc. v. Duncan, Trustee, et al.; and Knight et al. v. Duncan, Trustee, et al., 1947 — 331 U.S. 819 · caselaw · US
Securities
Dana et al. v. Duncan, Trustee, et al.; Equitable Office Building 1913 Co., Inc. v. Duncan, Trustee, et al.; and Knight et al. v. Duncan, Trustee, et al.
331 U.S. 819·Supreme Court of the United States·1947
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Opinion
No. 609.
No. 610.
No. 612.
Dana et al. v. Duncan, Trustee, et al.; Equitable Office Building 1913 Co., Inc. v. Duncan, Trustee, et al.; and Knight et al. v. Duncan, Trustee, et al.
May 5, 1947.
Herbert J. Jacobi for petitioners in No. 609. Stuart McNamara and Charles Green Smith for petitioner in No. 610. T. Roland Berner for petitioners in No. 612. John Gerdes, W. Randolph Montgomery, George T. Barker, Emanuel Redfield, Edward J. Ennis, Frank R. Bruce, Francis J. Quillinan and Sidney R. Nussenfeld for respondents. Acting Solicitor General Washington, Roger S. Foster, Robert S. Rubin, George Zolotar and Myer Feldman filed a memorandum for the Securities & Exchange Commission.
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Petitions for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied.