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McCormick et al. v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.; Werner et al. v. Same; Bele, Trustee, et al. v. Same; and Utility & Industrial Corp. v. Same, 1939 — 308 U.S. 558 · caselaw · US
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McCormick et al. v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.; Werner et al. v. Same; Bele, Trustee, et al. v. Same; and Utility & Industrial Corp. v. Same
308 U.S. 558·Supreme Court of the United States·1939
Mr. Justice Reed took no part in the consideration and decision of these applications.
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Opinion
Nos. 158 and 159. No. 160. No. 161. No. 162.
McCormick et al. v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.; Werner et al. v. Same; Bele, Trustee, et al. v. Same; and Utility & Industrial Corp. v. Same.
October 9, 1939.
Messrs. George T. Buckingham, Edward R. Johnston, Ralph M. Shaw, Frank H. Towner, Samuel M. Rinaker, Michael F. Gallagher, Earl B. Wilkinson, Matthias Concannon, James F. Oates, Jr., Herbert M. Lautmann, Carroll J. Lord, Benjamin V. Becker, Paul R. Conaghan, and Harold L. Reeve for petitioners in No. 158; Messrs. Samuel M. Rinaker, Michael F. Gallagher, and Earl B. Wilkinson for petitioners in No. 159; Mr. Franklin J. Stransky for petitioners in Nos. 160, 161, and 162. Solicitor General Jackson, Assistant Attorney General Rogge, and Messrs. Harold Rosenwcdd, Warner W. Gardner, Clifford J. Durr,' and Hans A. Klagsbrunn for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Petitions for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.
Mr. Justice Reed took no part in the consideration and decision of these applications.
Reported below: 102 F. 2d 305.