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PEPPER v. LITTON

No. 39.

308 U.S. 295 (1939)

PEPPER v. LITTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 4, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. M.M. Heuser, with whom Mr. Geo. M. Warren was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Henry Roberts for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The case presents the question of the power of the bankruptcy court to disallow either as a secured or as a general or unsecured claim a judgment obtained by the dominant and controlling stockholder of the bankrupt corporation on alleged salary claims. The judgment of the District Court disallowing the claim was reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals (100 F.2d 830). We granted...

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