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Central States Electric Corp. v. Austrian et al., Trustees, et al.; Chase v. Austrian et al., Trustees, et al.; Berner v. Austrian et al., Trustees, et al.; and Kelly Committee for Holders of 6% Preferred Stock of the Central States Electric Corp. v. Austrian et al., Trustees, et al., 1951 — 340 U.S. 917 · caselaw · US
Securities
Central States Electric Corp. v. Austrian et al., Trustees, et al.; Chase v. Austrian et al., Trustees, et al.; Berner v. Austrian et al., Trustees, et al.; and Kelly Committee for Holders of 6% Preferred Stock of the Central States Electric Corp. v. Austrian et al., Trustees, et al.
340 U.S. 917·Supreme Court of the United States·1951
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Opinion
No. 408.
No. 409.
No. 410.
No. 411.
Central States Electric Corp. v. Austrian et al., Trustees, et al.; Chase v. Austrian et al., Trustees, et al.; Berner v. Austrian et al., Trustees, et al.; and Kelly Committee for Holders of 6% Preferred Stock of the Central States Electric Corp. v. Austrian et al., Trustees, et al.
Thomas B. Gay for petitioner in No. 408. George E. Allen for petitioner in No. 409. T. Roland Berner, pro se, petitioner in No. 410. Thomas F. Boyle for petitioner in No. 411. Solicitor General Perl-man, John F. Davis, Roger S. Foster and Manuel F. Cohen for the Securities & Exchange Commission; and Saul J. Lance, Walter H. Brown, Jr., Lewis C. Williams, Thomas C. Egan, George Rosier, Victor Brudney and Francis E. Walter for Austrian et al., respondents.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.
Reported below: 183 F. 2d 879.