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..... 12, 13, 1935 decided april 1, 1935 * 294 u.s. 648 certiorari to the court of appeals for the seventh circuit syllabus 1. section 77 of the bankruptcy act, added by act of march 3, 1933, which provides a method whereby any railroad engaged in interstate commerce and which is insolvent, or "unable to pay its debts ..... 77, supra, may issue process for service outside of its district. p. 294 u. s. 682 . 13. the power given the reconstruction finance corporation, by 5 of the act creating it, to take over and liquidate collateral accepted by it as security does not render it more immune than other lenders to the control of ..... valley receiver's certificates 747,492.51 trinity & brazos valley first mortgage bonds (now pledged under colorado & southern mortgage; c.r. i & p. had agreed to pledge them with reconstruction finance corporation upon release from that mortgage may 1, 1935) 4,380,000.00 -------------- total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,490,965.85 assignment of chicago, rock island .....
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..... decline to adopt it. our interpretation of the term "parent" in 406(a) is strongly supported by the way the term is used in other sections of the act. section 402(a)(10) requires that, effective july 1, 1952, a state plan must: "provide for prompt notice to appropriate law enforcement officials of the ..... 19 ] state letter no. 452, bureau of public assistance, social security administration, department of health, education, and welfare. (emphasis added.) [ footnote 20 ] the senate finance committee report explained the purpose of the amendment as follows: "the department of health, education, and welfare, in january, 1961, advised the state agencies administering title iv of ..... have demonstrated what can be done with creative . . . programs of prevention and social rehabilitation." see hearings on h.r. 10606 before the senate committee on finance, 87th cong., 2d sess., 109 (1962). some insight into the mood of the congress that approved the flemming ruling in 1961 with respect to this matter .....
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..... are consistent with the objects of the charter. 12. the united kingdom gave effect to the charter in domestic law by means of the united nations act 1946. section 1 of that act provides: "(1) if, under article 41 of the charter of the united nations signed at san francisco on 26 june 1945 (being the article ..... the treasury accepted in its response of 6 october 2009 (cm 7718) to the house of lords european union committee's report into money laundering and the financing of terrorism (19th report, session 2008-2009, hl paper 132) that there is scope to further improve the transparency of decisions made by the 1267 committee and ..... "recognizing the need for states to complement international cooperation by taking additional measures to prevent and suppress, in their territories through all lawful means, the financing and preparation of any acts of terrorism." 134. the first specific measure called for by the resolution in paragraph 1(b) is that states shall: "criminalize the wilful provision or .....
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..... that the debtor has no remedy. 26. it is inherent in a debtor-creditor-supplier agreement under section 12(b) of the 1974 act, which is also tied into a specific supply transaction, that if the supply transaction which it financed is in effect brought to an end by the debtor's acceptance of the supplier's repudiatory breach ..... supply contract in such a complex way. in my view he does not have to. section 11(1)(b) of the 1974 act states that the purpose of the restricted-use credit agreement, such as the agreement in this case, is to finance a transaction between the consumer and the supplier. where, as here, the contract is tied ..... of the 1974 act. 15. to understand the definitions in section 12 one must first look at section 11. that section lists three types of restricted-use credit agreement and also an unrestricted-use credit agreement. it provides: "(1) a restricted-use credit agreement is a regulated consumer credit agreement (a) to finance a transaction between the debtor and the .....
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..... of rights," which "adopted verbatim the language of the english bill of rights." solem v. helm, 463 u. s. 277 , 463 u. s. 285 , n. 10 (1983). section 10 of the english bill of rights of 1689, like our eighth amendment, states that "excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed; nor cruel and unusual ..... massachusetts general hospital, 463 u. s. 239 , 463 u. s. 244 , n. 6 (1983); dandridge v. williams, 397 u. s. 471 , 397 u. s. 475 -476, n. 6 (1970). in the absence of a developed record on the issues relevant to this due process inquiry, we shall not stretch the "clear intendment" doctrine to include this case, as we ..... terse instruction: "in determining the amount of punitive damages, . . . you may take into account the character of the defendants, their financial standing, and the nature of their acts." app. 81. guidance like this is scarcely better than no guidance at all. i do not suggest that the instruction itself was in error; indeed, it appears to have been .....
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..... i join all but part iv of the court s opinion. political speech is entitled to robust protection under the first amendment. section 203 of the bipartisan campaign reform act of 2002 (bcra) has never been reconcilable with that protection. by striking down 203, the court takes an important first step toward ..... regulate corporate spending on elections. austin and corporate expenditures just as the majority gives short shrift to the general societal interests at stake in campaign finance regulation, it also overlooks the distinctive considerations raised by the regulation of corporate expenditures. the majority fails to appreciate that austin s antidistortion rationale is ..... s view, buckley and bellotti decisively rejected the possibility of distinguishing corporations from natural persons in the 1970 s; it just so happens that in every single case in which the court has reviewed campaign finance legislation in the decades since, the majority failed to grasp this truth. the federal congress and .....
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..... 28, 1942 decided june 1, 1942 316 u.s. 502 appeal from the court of errors and appeals of new jersey syllabus under the new jersey municipal finance act, a plan for the adjustment or composition of the claims of creditors of an insolvent municipality may be made binding on all creditors, if approved by the ..... holders of municipal and quasi-municipal obligations, passim; dimock, legal problems of financially embarrassed municipalities, contained in summary of proceedings, american bar assn., 1st annual meeting (1935), section of municipal law, p. 12 ( see also xxii virginia l.rev. 39). how, then, can claims against a financially embarrassed city be enforced? experience shows that three ..... proceeding provided for by this article and pending the determination thereof, the supreme court, by a justice thereof, may, by order, continue the stay provided by sections 52:27-32.1 and 52:27-33 of this title." "in the event that a plan shall be authorized and approved pursuant to this article, the .....
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..... were issued are pledged to secure the collateral notes in the amounts indicated in the preceding table. by reason of an arrangement with the reconstruction finance corporation, detailed later in the section of this page 318 u. s. 457 opinion headed allocation of securities, b, p. 318 u. s. 485 infra, the distribution of ..... railroads unable to meet their obligations. [ footnote 10 ] the amendments of 1935 were primarily designed to cure defects disclosed by practical experience. [ footnote 11 ] both acts are bottomed upon the theory of debtor rehabilitation by adjustment of creditors' claims. such treatment was essential for embarrassed railroads, as ordinary bankruptcy liquidation or judicial sales were ..... of the debtor through november, 1942, which show for that part of the year income available for fixed charges of $10,309,517.18. [ footnote 1 ] sec. 77, bankruptcy act, reorganization of railroads, 47 stat. 1474, as amended, 11 u.s.c. 205; in re western pacific r. co., 124 f.2d 136; in re .....
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..... disputes except under conditions not here relevant. the question before a court of equity, therefore, is whether a case presents a labor dispute as defined by the act. section 13(c) defines "labor disputes": "the term 'labor dispute' includes any controversy concerning terms or conditions of employment . . . regardless of whether or not ..... ) becoming or remaining a member of any labor organization or of any employer organization, regardless of any such undertaking or promise as is described in section 3 of this act;" "(c) paying or giving to, or withholding from, any person participating or interested in such labor dispute, any strike or unemployment benefits or ..... statute or a rule of law which, without express reference to the united states, made that remedy generally unavailable. [ footnote 24 ] "sec. 2. in the interpretation of this act and in determining the jurisdiction and authority of the courts of the united states, as such jurisdiction and authority are herein defined and limited .....
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..... size of union fines or to establish standards with respect to a fine's reasonableness. page 412 u. s. 71 section 8(b)(1)(a) of the act provide, in pertinent part, that it shall be an unfair labor practice for a labor organization "to restrain or coerce ..... local lodge 504 (arrow development co.), 185 n.l.r.b. 365, 638, 75 l.r.r.m. 1008, 1011 (1970). the board has long held that the act proscribes certain unacceptable methods of union coercion, such as physical violence to force an employee to join a union or to participate in ..... ) ($100 fine upheld); jost v. communications workers of america, local 908, 13 cal.app.3d supp. 7, 91 cal.rptr. 722 (1970) ($299 fine upheld, the court stating that "it is the settled law in this country that such a fine becomes a debt enforceable by ..... the same day, machinists, local lodge 50 (arrow development co.), 185 n.l.r.b. 365, 75 l.r.r.m. 1008 (1970), reversed sub nom. o'reilly v. nlrb, 472 f.2d 426 (ca9 1972), in which it held that congress did not intend to .....
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