Vass v. Conron Bros. Co. (1932)

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green In Re VistaCare Group, LLC (2012)

Rule Authority · 3rd Cir. · 3 citations in this opinion

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970-71 (2d Cir.1932) (L.Hand, J.).

green Phoenician Mediterranean Villa, LLC v. Swope (In Re J & S Properties, LLC) (2017)

Rule Authority · 3rd Cir. · 2 citations in this opinion

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d Cir. 1932) (L.

L. Hand, J.

green William Carroll, Jr. v. Samera Abide (2015)

Rule Authority · 5th Cir. · 2 citations in this opinion

In re VistaCare Grp., 678 F.3d at 222 (plaintiff sought leave to proceed in state court); McDaniel, 668 F.3d at 155 (plaintiff filed suit in state court); In re Crown Vantage, 421 F.3d at 969 (same); In re Linton, 136 F.3d at 544 (same); In re Lehal Realty, 101 F.3d at 274 (same); In re DeLorean Motor, 991 F.2d at 1238 (same); Vass, 59 F.2d at 970 (Hand, J.) (same). 16 .

Hand, J.

green Carroll v. Abide (2015)

Rule Authority · 5th Cir. · 2 citations in this opinion

Hand, J.

green In the Matter of I. J. Knight Realty Corp., Bankrupt. Reading Company (1967)

Rule Authority · 3rd Cir. · 2 citations in this opinion

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 971 (2 Cir. 1932). 34 WILLIAM F. SMITH and SEITZ, Circuit Judges, concur in this dissent.

green Securities & Exchange Commission v. Wealth Management LLC (2010)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 971 (2d Cir.1932) (Hand, J).

green Muratore v. Darr (2004)

Rule Authority · 1st Cir.

Go., 59 F.2d 969, 971 (2d Cir.1932).

green In Re Cherry Barbara Castillo, Debtor, Nancy Curry, Chapter 13 Trustee v. Cherry Barbara Castillo G. Thomas L… (2002)

Rule Authority · 9th Cir.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d Cir.1932) (holding that a bankruptcy trustee, like a receiver, is an officer of the court, and trustee's possession is protected because it is the court's); In re Kashani, 190 B.R. 875, 885 (B.A.P. 9th Cir.1995) (noting that the granting of leave for a party to sue the trustee is within the sound discretion of the appointing court).

green Curry v. Castillo (2002)

Rule Authority · 9th Cir.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d Cir.1932) (holding that a bankruptcy trustee, like a receiver, is an officer of the court, and trustee’s possession is protected because it is the court’s); In re Kashani, 190 B.R. 875, 885 (B.A.P. 9th Cir.1995) (noting that the granting of leave for a party to sue the trustee is within the sound discretion of the appointing court).

green Clyde Thomas Carter v. Bob Rogers (2000)

Rule Authority · 11th Cir.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d Cir.1932); Kashani v. Fulton (In re Kashani), 190 B.R. 875, 885 (9th Cir.BAP 1995).

green Clyde Thomas Carter v. Bob Rogers (2000)

Rule Authority · 11th Cir.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d Cir. 1932); Kashani v. Fulton (In re Kashani), 190 B.R. 875, 885 (9th Cir. B.A.P. 1995). 4 In this case, Defendants other than Rodgers were not court “appointed,” but rather court “approved.” We find this distinction irrelevant, and hold that these court approved officers functioned as the equivalent of court appointed officers for purposes of the Barton doctrine.

green LeBlanc v. Salem (1999)

Rule Authority · 1st Cir.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d Cir.1932) (L.

green LeBlanc v. Salem (1999)

Rule Authority · 1st Cir.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d Cir. 1932) (L.

L. Hand, J.

green National Labor Relations Board v. Horizons Hotel Corporation D/B/A Carib Inn of San Juan, Horizons Hotel Corp… (1995)

Rule Authority · 1st Cir.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d Cir.1932) (bankruptcy court may enjoin action in state court against receiver in bankruptcy where not commenced with leave of the appointing court); In re: Campbell, 13 B.R. 974 , 976 (D.Idaho 1981) (permission of the bankruptcy court is a prerequisite for state-court action against trustee in bankruptcy for acts done within his authority as trustee).

green National Labor Relations Board v. Horizons Hotel Corp. (1995)

Rule Authority · 1st Cir.

green NLRB v. Horizons Hotel Corp. (1995)

Rule Authority · 1st Cir.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d ____ _________________ Cir. 1932)(bankruptcy court may enjoin action in state court against receiver in bankruptcy where not commenced with leave of the appointing court); In re: Campbell, 13 B.R. 974 , 976 _________________ (D.Idaho 1981)(permission of the bankruptcy court is a prerequisite for state-court action against trustee in bankruptcy for acts done within his authority as trustee).

bankruptcy court may enjoin action in state court against receiver in bankruptcy where not commenced with leave of the appointing court

green In Re N.P. Mining Company, Inc., Debtor. Alabama Surface Mining Commission v. N.P. Mining Company, Inc., C. M… (1992)

Rule Authority · 11th Cir.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 971 (2d Cir.1932).

green Alabama Surface Mining Commission v. N.P. Mining Co. (In re N.P. Mining Co.) (1992)

Rule Authority · 11th Cir.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 971 (2d Cir.1932).

green Hugh B. Anderson v. United States of America, Defendant-Third-Party v. Emile L. Turner, Jr., Third-Party (1975)

Rule Authority · 3rd Cir.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 971 (2d Cir. 1932).

green State v. Better Brite Plating Inc. (1992)

Rule Authority · Wis. · 4 citations in this opinion

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d Cir. 1932), applied the Barton doctrine to trustees in bankruptcy.

green Liberty Bridge Capital Management GP, LLC (2025)

Rule Authority · Bankr. S.D.N.Y. · 2 citations in this opinion

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d Cir. 1932).

green James Alridge, Relator, on behalf of United States of America v. Corporate Management, Inc., et al. (2026)

Rule Authority · S.D. Miss.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d Cir.1932); Kashani v. Fulton (In re Kashani ), 190 B.R. 875, 885 (9th Cir.BAP 1995). ‘An unbroken line of cases ... has imposed [this] requirement as a matter of federal common law.’ Linton, 136 F.3d at 545 .

green James Alridge, Relator, on behalf of United States of America v. Corporate Management, Inc., et al. (2026)

Rule Authority · S.D. Miss.

green In re: Kris Daniel Roglieri (2026)

Quote Authority · Bankr. N.D.N.Y.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 971 (2d Cir. 1932) (“[A]n action against a trustee in bankruptcy for transactions of his own, must be brought in the bankruptcy court, unless it gives leave to liquidate elsewhere.”).

“[A]n action against a trustee in bankruptcy for transactions of his own, must be brought in the bankruptcy court, unless it gives leave to liquidate elsewhere.”

green Siomkos v. Beckerman (2025)

Rule Authority · S.D.N.Y.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 971 (2d Cir. 1932) (L.

L. Hand, J.

green Union Bank, N.a., Resp. v. John T. Blanchard, Apps. (2016)

Rule Authority · Wash. Ct. App.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d Cir. 1932) (holding that a bankruptcy trustee, like a receiver, is an officer of the court, and trustee’s possession is protected because it is the court’s).

holding that a bankruptcy trustee, like a receiver, is an officer of the court, and trustee’s possession is protected because it is the court’s

green Pergament v. Varela (In re Varela) (2015)

Rule Authority · Bankr. E.D.N.Y.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d Cir.1932) (“trustees in bankruptcy ... may be sued by their title, and judgments against [trustees] bind the [estate] assets.”); see also Rogers v. Ackley Commc’ns, Enters., Inc., No. 1996-13M, 1996 WL 493174 , at *1 (D.V.I.

green Lambert v. Schwab (In Re Lambert) (2010)

Rule Authority · Bankr. M.D. Penn.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d Cir.1932); Kashani v. Fulton (In re Kashani), 190 B.R. 875, 885 (9th Cir. BAP 1995).

green In re Old Carco LLC (2010)

Rule Authority · Bankr. S.D.N.Y.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 971 (2d Cir.1932)).

green In Re Old Carco LLC (2010)

Rule Authority · Bankr. S.D.N.Y.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 971 (2d Cir.1932)).

green Greenblatt v. Richard Potasky Jeweler, Inc. (In Re Richard Potasky Jeweler, Inc.) (1998)

Rule Authority · S.D. Ohio

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 971 (2d Cir.1932).

green Schechter v. Illinois, Department of Revenue (In Re Markos Gurnee Partnership) (1995)

Rule Authority · Bankr. N.D. Ill.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d Cir.1932); In re Johnson, 518 F.2d 246, 251 n. 5 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 423 U.S. 893 , 96 S.Ct. 191 , 46 L.Ed.2d 125 (1975).

green In Re Wall Tube and Metal Products Co. (1986)

Rule Authority · Bankr. E.D. Tenn.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 971 (2d Cir.1932) (suit by lessee of cold storage space against trustee for failure to properly refrigerate premises not within statute where trustee not carrying on business) (“[mjerely to hold matters in statu quo ... to do only what is necessary to hold the assets intact ... [does] not seem to us to be a continuance of the business”) (L.

green In Re Bodin Apparel, Inc. (1985)

Rule Authority · Bankr. S.D.N.Y.

Id. at 971 (emphasis added).

emphasis added

green Colin v. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. (In Re Colin) (1983)

Rule Authority · Bankr. S.D.N.Y.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d Cir.1932) (“Under the law of New York no action may be maintained against a trustee as such, any more than against a director, a freight agent, a lawyer, or a jockey, as such; the law of that state does not apparently recognize multiple personalties.”) (L.

green Cook v. Holland (1978)

Rule Authority · Ky. Ct. App.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2d Cir. 1932) (L.

L. Hand, J.

green In Re American Associated Systems, Inc. (1974)

Rule Authority · E.D. Ky.

Co., 2d Cir., 59 F.2d 969, 971 (1932).

green In re I. J. Knight Realty Corp. (1965)

Rule Authority · E.D. Pa.

Other Cases Relied On By Petitioner Petitioner places heavy reliance on a statement by Judge Learned Hand in Vass v. Conron, 59 F.2d 969, at 971 (2nd Cir. 1932). 2 In that case, a state court action against a receiver and trustee was enjoined as being in an improper forum.

green In re Hacker (1963)

Rule Authority · S.D. Cal.

Co., 59 F.2d 969, 970 (2nd Cir. 1932)] From the point of view of the record in the bankruptcy court, the statute is inapplicable because the missing merchandise was missing when the receiver was appointed and never came into his hands.

green Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. v. Grossman (1933)

Rule Authority · S.D.N.Y.

Co., 59 F.(2d) 969, 971 (C.

green In Re Lehal Realty Associates (1996)

Cited (see also) · 2d Cir. · signal: see, e.g.

See, e.g., Vass v. Conron Bros., 59 F.2d at 971 ; In re DeLorean Motor Co., 991 F.2d at 1240-41 ; Matter of Campbell, 13 B.R. 974 (Bankr.D.Idaho 1981); Maguire v. Puente, 120 Misc.2d 871 , 466 N.Y.S.2d 934 (N.Y.Sup.Ct.1983).

green Lebovits v. Scheffel (In re Lehal Realty Associates) (1996)

Cited (see also) · 2d Cir. · signal: see, e.g.

green In the Matter of Investors Funding Corp. Of New York, Ifc Collateral Corp., Debtors. Jaytee-Penndel Co. v. Ja… (1976)

Cited · 2d Cir. · signal: see

See Vass v. Conron Bros., 59 F.2d 969, 971 (2d Cir. 1932) (L.

L. Hand, J.

green Austrian v. Williams (1954)

Cited · 2d Cir. · signal: see

See Vass v. Conron Bros., 2 Cir., 1932, 59 F.2d 969 .

green Austrian v. Williams (1954)

Cited · 2d Cir. · signal: see

See Vass v. Conron Bros., 2 Cir., 1932, 59 F.2d 969 .

green McIntire v. China Mediaexpress Holdings, Inc. (2015)

Cited · S.D.N.Y. · signal: see · 2 citations in this opinion

See Vass, 59 F.2d at 970 .

green In re Mercy-Douglass Hospital, Inc. (1973)

Cited (see also) · E.D. Pa. · signal: see also

See also Vass v. Conron Brothers Co., 59 F.2d 969 (2d Cir. 1932), per Learned Hand.

green Novo Enzyme Corporation v. Baker (1973)

Cited (see also) · S.D.N.Y. · signal: see also

See also Thompson v. Texas Mexican Railway Co., 328 U.S. 134 , 66 S.Ct. 937 , 90 L.Ed. 1132 (1946).” The right to sue the Trustees on “causes of action arising out of the operation of the business by the Trustees” has been recognized in this Circuit in Vass v. Conron Brothers, 59 F.2d 969 (2d Cir. 1932) L.