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Dana et al. v. Duncan, Trustee, et al.; and Equitable Office Building 1913 Co., Inc. v. Duncan, Trustee, et al., 1946 — 329 U.S. 784 · caselaw · US
Securities
Dana et al. v. Duncan, Trustee, et al.; and Equitable Office Building 1913 Co., Inc. v. Duncan, Trustee, et al.
329 U.S. 784·Supreme Court of the United States·1946
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Opinion
No. 609.
No. 610.
Dana et al. v. Duncan, Trustee, et al.; and Equitable Office Building 1913 Co., Inc. v. Duncan, Trustee, et al.
November 25, 1946.
Herbert J. Jacobi for petitioners in No. 609. Stuart McNamara and Charles Creen Smith for petitioner in No. 610. John Gerdes, W. Randolph Montgomery, George T. Barker, Emanuel Redfield, Edward J. Ennis, Frank R. Bruce, Francis J. Quillinan and Sidney R. Nussenjeld for the Debenture Holders, respondents. Acting Solicitor General Washington, Roger S. Foster, Robert S. Rubin, George Zolotar and Myer Feldman filed a memorandum for the Securities & Exchange Commission.
[MAJORITY]
On petitions for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit.
So much of the respective petitions for certiorari in these cases as asks for a writ to review the order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is denied.