Ecker v. Western Pacific Railroad Corporation

See 318 U.S. 803, 63 S.Ct. 985, 87 L.Ed. --.

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Mr. Robert T. Swaine, of New York City, for Institutional Bondholders Committee.

Mr. Russell L. Snodgrass, of Washington, D.C., for Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

Mr. Harold C. McCollom, of New York City, for Irving Trust Co., Trustee of General and Refunding Mortgage.

Mr. M. C. Sloss, of San Francisco, Cal., for Western Pac. R.R. corporation.

Mr. Robert E. Coulson, of New York City, for A. C. James Co.

Mr. E. G. Buckland, of New Haven, Conn., for Railroad Credit Corporation.

Mr. Orville W. Wood, of New York City, for Crocker First Nat. Bank of San Francisco, et al., Trustees of First Mortgage.

Mr. Justice REED delivered the opinion of the Court.