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Kokoszka v. Belford, Trustee in Bankruptcy, 1974 — 415 U.S. 956 · caselaw · US
Bankruptcy
Kokoszka v. Belford, Trustee in Bankruptcy
415 U.S. 956·Supreme Court of the United States·1974
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Opinion
No. 73-5265.
Kokoszka v. Belford, Trustee in Bankruptcy.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 2d Cir. [Certiorari granted, 414 U. S. 1091.] Benjamin R. Civiletti, Esquire, of Baltimore, Maryland, a member of the Bar of this Court, is invited to brief and argue this case as amicus curiae in support of judgment below.