Group of Institutional Investors v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific Railroad Company

by William O. Douglas

United States Supreme Court

318 U.S. 523

Group of Institutional Investors  v.  Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific Railroad Company

 Argued: Oct. 14, 15, 1942. --- Decided: March 15, 1943

See Group of Institutional Investors v. Abrams,

318 U.S. 802, 63 S.Ct. 980, 87 L.Ed. --.

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Mr. Kenneth F. Burgess, of Chicago, Ill., for Group of Institutional Investors.

Mr. A. N. Whitlock, of Chicago, Ill., for Henry A. Scandrett, et al., Trustees for Chicago, M., St. P. and P.R. Co.

Mr. Fred N. Oliver, of New York City, for Mutual Sav. Bank Group.

Mr. Russell L. Snodgrass, of Washington, D.C., for Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

Mr. John L. Hall, of Boston, Mass., for Chicago, M., St. P. and P.R. Co., debtor.

Mr. Albert K. Orschel, of Chicago, Ill., for Protective Committee of Holders of Preferred Stock of Chicago, M., St. P. and P.R. Co.

Mr. McCready Sykes, of New York City, for United States Trust Co. of New York, trustee.

Mr. Frederick J. Moses, of New York City, for University Group of General Mortgage Bondholders.

Mr. Edwin S. S. Sunderland, of New York City, for Fifty Year Mortgage Trustees.

Mr. C. Frank Reavis, of New York City, for Protective Committee of Fifty Year Mortgage Bonds.

Mr. Meyer Abrams, of Chicago, Ill., for Adjustment Mortgage Bondholders.

Mr. Thomas S. McPheeters, of St. Louis, Mo., for Gary First Mortgage Group.

Mr. Reese D. Alsop, of New York City, for Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Ry. Co., First Lien Bondholders Committee.

Mr. Ernest S. Ballard, of Chicago, Ill., for Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co. et al.

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Mr. Justice DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

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