SCRIBNER & MILLER v. CONWAY

No. 152, Docket 24255.

238 F.2d 905 (1956)

SCRIBNER & MILLER and Paul Emery Kern, Claimants-Appellants, v. Francis X. CONWAY, Trustee of Silesian-American Corporation, and Goldwater & Flynn, Attorneys for the Trustee, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Scribner and Paul Emery Kern, New York City (Scribner & Miller, New York City, on the brief), for claimants-appellants.

Oliver T. Cowan, New York City (Francis X. Conway and Goldwater & Flynn, New York City, on the brief), for respondents-appellees.

David Ferber, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D. C. (Thomas G. Meeker, Gen. Counsel, and Stuart C. Law, Atty., Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D. C., and Richard V. Bandler and Kiva Berke, Attys., Securities and Exchange Commission, New York City, on the brief), for Securities and Exchange Commission.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and FRANK and HINCKS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The "`most thankless and delicate task'" in corporate reorganizations, that of fixing allowances for services rendered in the proceedings, Finn v. Childs Co., 2 Cir., 181 F.2d 431, 435, is here especially difficult because of the nature of the problems faced and the divergence of views which developed as to their solution. The Silesian-American Corporation was formed in the twenties to mine, exploit, and develop extensive...

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