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Chemical Bank & Trust Co., Trustee, v. Group of Institutional Investors; Alleghany Corporation v. Group of Institutional Investors; Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 5¼% Secured Serial Bondholders Committee v. Group of Institutional Investors; Farwell et al. v. Group of Institutional Investors; and Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Group of Institutional Investors, 1952 — 343 U.S. 929 · caselaw · US
Corporations
Chemical Bank & Trust Co., Trustee, v. Group of Institutional Investors; Alleghany Corporation v. Group of Institutional Investors; Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 5¼% Secured Serial Bondholders Committee v. Group of Institutional Investors; Farwell et al. v. Group of Institutional Investors; and Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Group of Institutional Investors
343 U.S. 929·Supreme Court of the United States·1952
Mr. Justice Black is of the opinion that the petitions should be granted. Mr. Justice Frankfurter will file a memorandum with the Clerk. [See post, p. 982.]
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Opinion
No. 524.
No. 525.
No. 526.
No. 527.
No. 528.
Chemical Bank & Trust Co., Trustee, v. Group of Institutional Investors; Alleghany Corporation v. Group of Institutional Investors; Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 5¼% Secured Serial Bondholders Committee v. Group of Institutional Investors; Farwell et al. v. Group of Institutional Investors; and Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Group of Institutional Investors.
Emmet McCaffery for petitioner in No. 524. Adrian L. Foley and Edmund O’Hare for petitioner in No. 525. William H. Biggs for petitioner in No. 526. Lucien Hilmer for petitioners in No. 527. Burton K. Wheeler and Robert G. Seaks for petitioner in No. 528. Charles W. McConaughy for the Group of Institutional Investors; Sanford H. E. Freund for the Protective Committee for General Mortgage Bondholders; and Leonard P. Moore and Clair B. Hughes for the Manufacturers Trust Co., Trustee, respondents.
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C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.
Mr. Justice Black is of the opinion that the petitions should be granted. Mr. Justice Frankfurter will file a memorandum with the Clerk. [See post, p. 982.]
Reported below: 191 F. 2d 265,