Court Opinion

ID: 9423644
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:08:36.055398+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:22:45.298004
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Harlan,
whom Mr. Justice Stewart and Mr. Justice Fortas join,
dissenting.
In my opinion, the only question which could be thought even remotely to justify the presence of this case in this Court is whether the trustee, by virtue of his office, was as a matter of law disqualified from being selected as president of the reorganized company. The Court, however, does not decide that question. The review of the massive record in these reorganization proceedings, which have been in the courts for over 10 years and on six occasions before the Court of Appeals at various stages, is not in my view an appropriate task for this Court. Believing that this decision bodes little but further delay in bringing this protracted proceeding to a conclusion, I feel justified in voting to dismiss the writ as improvidently granted, despite the fact that the case was brought here on an unrestricted, writ. Since the Court does not reach the “disqualification” issue, I consider it inappropriate for me, as an individual Justice, to express my own views upon it.