Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Boston & Providence Railroad Corp. Stockholders v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
350 U.S. 926
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1956-01-09
- Topic
- litigation
"It will not do to make the presumption . . . rebuttable and then make the standard of proof for rebuttal unattainably high. This is particularly true where, as here, the attorney must prove a negative, which is always a difficult burden to meet." | “It will not do to make the presumption . . . rebuttable and then make the standard of proof for rebuttal unattainably high. This is particularly true where, as here, the attorney must prove a negative, which is always a difficult burden to meet.”
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The motion of Boston & Providence Railroad Corporation Stockholders Committee for leave to intervene or, in the alternative, to file brief as amicus curiae is denied. The motions to affirm are granted and the judgment is affirmed.