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IN THE MATTER OF SLEEP PRODUCTS, INC., BANKRUPT

141 F.Supp. 463 (1956)

In the Matter of SLEEP PRODUCTS, Inc., Bankrupt.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

March 15, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rabinowitz & Boudin, New York City, for claimant-petitioner Local 140 Security Plan.

Meyer Lindenbaum, New York City, for trustee. Booth, Lipton & Lipton, Edgar H. Booth, New York City, of counsel.

Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., S. D. New York, New York City, for the United States. William Stackpole, New York City, of counsel.

Peter Campbell Brown, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for City of New York. Stanley Buchsbaum, Bernard H. Sherris and John J. Lyden, New York City, of counsel.

HERLANDS, District Judge.

I.

The fundamental question raised on this proceeding involves the scope of the word "wages" as used in section 64, sub. a(2) of the Bankruptcy Act, Title 11 U.S.C.A. § 104, sub. a(2)1 which grants priority to wage claims against a bankrupt. Do contributions required to be made by an employer to a union welfare fund pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement constitute "wages" within the meaning...

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