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Fidelity Assur Association v. Sims…

And the smallness of the average amount due certificate holders indicates that the expense of the effort, if successful, would in the end prove more detrimental to a claimant than foregoing the trifling advantage of a reallocation of securities to the respective reserve funds.
It was suggested at the bar that, even if liquidation is all that can be hoped, this would be better managed by a single bankruptcy court than in several separate proceedings. The difficulty with the suggestion is that Congress did not intend resort to Chapter X to be had for the mere purpose of liquidation.
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Fidelity Assur Association v. Sims…

Moreover, if Fidelity is not an insurance company, it could have been put into ordinary bankruptcy, orderly liquidation accomplished, and impartial investigation made by a trustee elected by the creditors.
There are no true problems of marshalling presented. Creditors in the various states will unquestionably go first against the local deposits. They may, or may not, be paid in full from those funds. They will have claims against the surplus of the West Virginia fund for any deficiency.
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Fidelity Assur Association v. Sims…

The court below properly concluded that 'the possibility that thousands of contract holders could be persuaded to modify their contracts and scale down their claims [17] to enable the company to go on is so remote as to exist only in the imagination.'
Petitioners and Securities and Exchange Commission urge, however, that Chapter X may be employed to accomplish a slow and orderly liquidation which they say is imperative in the interest of all creditors. The District Court so held.
It must be remembered that Fidelity is admittedly insolvent and no one suggests there is any equity in its stock
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