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Blatchley v. Securities and Exchange Comm

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Dec 18, 1946
157 F.2d 898 (1st Cir. 1946)

Opinion

No. 4137.

October 29, 1946. Rehearing Denied December 18, 1946.

Petition for Review of an Order of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Petition by Harry C. Blatchley to review an order of the Securities Exchange Commission approving a plan of reorganization submitted by the New England Public Service Company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act, wherein the company intervened. The commission and intervenor filed motions to dismiss.

Petition dismissed.

Thurman Arnold, of Washington, D.C., (Abe Fortas and Arnold Fortas, both of Washington, D.C., and Harry E. Burroughs, and William Reed Bigelow, both of Boston Mass., of counsel), for Harry C. Blatchley.

Roger S. Foster, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Milton V. Freeman, Morton E. Yohalem, and Clark Byse, all of Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel), for S.E.C.

Leonard A. Pierce, of Portland, Me., Everett H. Maxcy, of Augusta, Me., and Charles A. Coolidge, of Boston, Mass. (Hutchinson, Pierce, Connell, Atwood Scribner, of Portland, Me., and Ropes, Gray, Best, Coolidge Rugg, of Boston Mass., of counsel), for New England Public Service Co.

Before MAGRUDER, MAHONEY, and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.


This is a petition under § 24(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, 49 Stat. 803, 15 U.S.C.A. § 79x(a), seeking review of an order of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued October 11, 1945, approving a certain plan of reorganization submitted by New England Public Service Company under § 11(e) of the Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 79k(e). For the background, see our opinion in Harry C. Blatchley, Petitioner, 157 F.2d 894. Motions to dismiss have been filed by the Commission and by New England Public Service Company, Intervenor, on the ground that this court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the petition. The motions to dismiss must be granted upon the authority of Okin v. Securities and Exchange Commission, 2 Cir., 1944, 145 F.2d 206, and Lownsbury v. Securities and Exchange Com'n, 3 Cir., 1945, 151 F.2d 217.

The petition for review is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.


Summaries of

Blatchley v. Securities and Exchange Comm

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Dec 18, 1946
157 F.2d 898 (1st Cir. 1946)
Case details for

Blatchley v. Securities and Exchange Comm

Case Details

Full title:BLATCHLEY v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION et al

Court:Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit

Date published: Dec 18, 1946

Citations

157 F.2d 898 (1st Cir. 1946)

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