# Capitol Tobacco Company v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, American Tobacco Company and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation

> Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · April 4, 1962 · 300 F.2d 755

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/256596

## Case

- **Full name:** CAPITOL TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, American Tobacco Company and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Appellees
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- **Decided:** April 4, 1962
- **Citations:** 300 F.2d 755; 1962 U.S. App. LEXIS 5480
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Tuttle, Jones, Gewin
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

PER CURIAM.
The district court applied in this cause the rule that creditors who have secured voidable preferences from an insolvent debtor may become petitioners in an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding upon a surrender of their preferences. We approve the decision and the judgment of the district court is
Affirmed.

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