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Albers et al. v. Thompson, Trustee, et al.; and Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 5¼% Secured Serial Bondholders Committee et al. v. Thompson, Trustee, et al., 1956 — 350 U.S. 959 · caselaw · US
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Albers et al. v. Thompson, Trustee, et al.; and Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 5¼% Secured Serial Bondholders Committee et al. v. Thompson, Trustee, et al.
350 U.S. 959·Supreme Court of the United States·1956
Mr. Justice Harlan took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications.
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Opinion
No. 567.
No. 568.
Albers et al. v. Thompson, Trustee, et al.; and Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 5¼% Secured Serial Bondholders Committee et al. v. Thompson, Trustee, et al.
Harry B. Sutter and Samuel H. Horne for petitioners in No. 567. William H. Biggs for the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 514% Secured Serial Bondholders Committee, and Frederick M. Myers for Huston et al., petitioners in No. 568. Bussell L. Dearmont and Thos. T. Railey for Thompson et al. Clair B. Hughes for the Manufacturers Trust Co. DeLancey C. Smith for the Protective Committee for Secured Serial 5% % Gold Bonds of Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. et al. David M. Potts and Abraham Wilson for the Empire Trust Co. Douglas B. Steimle for the Bondholders Protective Committee for Missouri Pacific Railroad Company General Mortgage Bonds. William P. Palmer for the Bankers Trust Co. Robert H. McRoberts for the St. Louis Union Trust Co. John M. MacGregor for the Protective Committee for Holders of Preferred Stock of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. Harold C. McCollom for the Irving Trust Co. Leonard D. Adkins and S. Mayner Wallace for the Savings Banks Trust Co. Hugh L. M. Cole for the City Bank Farmers Trust Co. Edward F. Colladay and Everett Paul Griffin for Wright et al. Walter H. Brown, Jr. for the New York Trust Co. Abraham K. Weber for Rosenberger et al. Burton K. Wheeler, Edward K. Wheeler and Eldon S. Olson for the Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. Percival E. Jackson for Jackson et al. Emmet McCaffery for the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank. John L. J. Hart for the Alleghany Corporation.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.
Mr. Justice Harlan took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications.
Reported below: 225 F. 2d 761.