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Southern Pacific Co. v. Henwood, Trustee, et al.; Meyer v. Henwood, Trustee, et al.; and St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Henwood, Trustee, et al., 1947 — 330 U.S. 836 · caselaw · US
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Southern Pacific Co. v. Henwood, Trustee, et al.; Meyer v. Henwood, Trustee, et al.; and St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Henwood, Trustee, et al.
330 U.S. 836·Supreme Court of the United States·1947
Mr. Justice Frankfurter took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Mr. Justice Douglas is of the opinion that the petition for certiorari in No. 909 should be granted.
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Opinion
No. 879.
Southern Pacific Co. v. Henwood, Trustee, et al.; Meyer v. Henwood, Trustee, et al.; and St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Henwood, Trustee, et al.
No. 909.
No. 936.
March 10, 1947.
Ben C. Dey, George L. Buland, Robert L. Pierce, Claude O. Pearcy and G. H. Muckley for the Southern Pacific Co., petitioner in No. 879 and respondent in No. 909. Walter E. Meyer and R. Walston Chubb for petitioner in No. 909. Jacob M. Lashly for petitioner in No. 936. Edwin S. S. Sunderland and Thomas O’G. FitzGibbon for the Guaranty Trust Co.; James Piper for the Protective Committee for bondholders of St. Louis S. W. R. Co.; S. Mayner Wallace and Paul Duryea Miller for the Chase National Bank et al.; and Alfred H. Phillips for the Chemical Bank & Trust Co., respondents.
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Petitions for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied.
Mr. Justice Frankfurter took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Mr. Justice Douglas is of the opinion that the petition for certiorari in No. 909 should be granted.