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Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. et al. v. Thompson, Trustee, et al.; Protective Committee for Holders of Common Stock of Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Thompson, Trustee, et al.; and Alleghany Corporation v. Thompson, Trustee, et al., 1943 — 320 U.S. 806 · caselaw · US
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Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. et al. v. Thompson, Trustee, et al.; Protective Committee for Holders of Common Stock of Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Thompson, Trustee, et al.; and Alleghany Corporation v. Thompson, Trustee, et al.
320 U.S. 806·Supreme Court of the United States·1943
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Opinion
No. 85.
No. 86.
No. 87.
Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. et al. v. Thompson, Trustee, et al.; Protective Committee for Holders of Common Stock of Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Thompson, Trustee, et al.; and Alleghany Corporation v. Thompson, Trustee, et al.
November 8, 1943.
Messrs. Edward F. Colladay, Everett Paul Griffin, Malcolm Fooshee, Marion B. Pierce, Harry Kirsh-baum, and Luther M. Walter for petitioners.
[MAJORITY]
The petition for writs of certiorari in these cases is dismissed as to all petitioners other than the Protective Committee for Holders of First Mortgage Bonds of International-Great Northern Railroad Company on motion of counsel for those petitioners. The petition for a writ of certiorari of the Protective Committee for Holders of First Mortgage Bonds of International-Great Northern Railroad Company, one of the petitioners in No. 85, is denied.
Reported below: 134 F. 2d 139.