IN RE COMMONWEALTH & SOUTHERN CORPORATION

No. 10045.

184 F.2d 81 (1950)

In re COMMONWEALTH & SOUTHERN CORPORATION.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided August 23, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Roland Berner, New York City (M. Victor Leventritt, Julian S. Bush, Aaron Lewittes, New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

George Roberts, New York City (Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, Hayden N. Smith, New York City, on the brief), for Commonwealth & Southern Corporation.

Roger S. Foster, Washington, D. C. (Harry G. Slater, Chief Counsel, Division of Public Utilities, Myer Feldman, Joseph M. Paul, Jr., all of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for Securities and Exchange Commission.

Sanford L. Schamus, New York City, amicus curiae.

Before GOODRICH, McLAUGHLIN and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the order of the District Court of July 15, 1949, approving and enforcing a plan, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Commonwealth & Southern Corporation, pursuant to Section 11(e) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, 49 Stat. 820, 15 U.S.C.A. § 79k(e).

Appellant is the owner of Commonwealth option warrants. She first appeared in this matter at the hearing...

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