LANDIS v. NORTH AMERICAN CO.

No. 221.

299 U.S. 248 (1936)

LANDIS ET AL. v. NORTH AMERICAN CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 7, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Reed and Assistant Attorney General Jackson, with whom Attorney General Cummings, Mr. John J. Burns, General Counsel, Securities & Exchange Commission, and Messrs. Benjamin V. Cohen and Thomas G. Corcoran were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. John C. Higgins, with whom Messrs. John S. Flannery and Joseph P. Tumulty were on the brief, for respondents.


MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The controversy hinges upon the power of a court to stay proceedings in one suit until the decision of another, and upon the propriety of using such a power in a given situation.

Respondents, non-registered holding companies brought suit in the District Court for the District of Columbia to enjoin enforcement of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (c. 687, 49 Stat. 803) on the ground that the...

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