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DICKINSON INDUSTRIAL SITE, INC. V. COWAN, 309 U. S. 382 (1940)

309 U. S. 382

U.S. Supreme Court

Dickinson Industrial Site, Inc. v. Cowan, 309 U.S. 382 (1940)

Dickinson Industrial Site, Inc. v. Cowan

No. 386

Argued February 6, 1940

Decided March 11, 1940

309 U.S. 382

Syllabus

1. An appeal taken after the effective date of the "Chandler Act" (September 22, 1938), from an order granting an allowance for services, previously entered in a reorganization proceeding under § 77B of the Bankruptcy Act, is governed by the Chandler Act. P. 309 U. S. 383.

2. Section 276(c)(2) of the Chandler Act, which provides that the provisions of Ch. X of that Act (the successor to § 77B of the Bankruptcy Act), shall apply to pending proceedings "to the extent that the judge shall deem their application practicable" relates solely to proceedings in the District Court, and has no application to appellate proceedings. P. 309 U. S. 383.

3. Appeals from orders making or refusing to make allowances of compensation or reimbursement under Ch. X of the Chandler Act may be had only at the discretion of the Circuit Court of Appeals. P. 309 U. S. 384.

104 F.2d 771 affirmed.

Certiorari, 308 U.S. 543, to review a decision denying a motion to dismiss an appeal from an order of the District Court granting an allowance for services in a reorganization under the Bankruptcy Act.


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