IN RE STANDARD POWER & LIGHT CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 271.

48 F.Supp. 716 (1943)

In re STANDARD POWER & LIGHT CORPORATION. In re SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

District Court, D. Delaware.

January 22, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Davis, Roger S. Foster, and David K. Kadane, all of Philadelphia, Pa., for Securities & Exchange Commission.

Howard Duane, of Wilmington, Del., and Royal E. T. Riggs and H. Preston Coursen (of Seibert & Riggs), all of New York City, for Standard Power & Light Corporation.

Herbert H. Ward, Jr., of Wilmington, Del., and Ralph Montgomery Arkush and Joseph J. Bryer, both of New York City, for Irma W. Jackson, petitioner for intervention.

Edgar Schoen, of Chicago, Ill., and Maurice J. Dix, of New York City, for Cora Homewood and others.

Caleb S. Layton (of Richards, Layton & Finger), all of Wilmington, Del., for H. M. Byllesby Co.

S. Samuel Arsht (of Morris, Steel, Nichols & Arsht), all of Wilmington, Del., for Bancamerica-Blair Corp.


LEAHY, District Judge.

On June 19, 1942, the Securities and Exchange Commission entered an order under Section 11(b) (2) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, 11 U.S.C.A. § 79k(b) (2), requiring Standard Power and Light Corporation (referred to herein as "Standard Power") to liquidate and terminate its existence. No appeal was taken from this order and the appeal period provided in Section 24(a), 11 U.S.C.A. § 79x (a), has now elapsed. The Commission...

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