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STEELMAN v. ALL CONTINENT CO.

No. 638.

301 U.S. 278 (1937)

57 S.Ct. 705

81 L.Ed. 1085

STEELMAN, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY, v. ALL CONTINENT CORP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 26, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wm. D. Whitney, with whom Messrs. Wm. Elmer Brown, Jr., and C. Brewster Rhoads were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Murry C. Becker, with whom Mr. Benjamin Reass was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question is one as to the power of a court of bankruptcy, in the situation developed in the record, to enjoin the prosecution of a suit in another federal court upon the ground that the suit, if pressed to a decree, may thwart an inquiry into frauds charged against the bankrupt, or make relief against them difficult.

William Fox was adjudicated a bankrupt on May 29, 1936, in the United States District...

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