UNITED STATES

v.

KEY, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY

Citator

Cited By

• Greenbelt Coop. Publ'g Assn., Inc. v. Bresler, 398 U.S. 6 (U.S. 1970)
  …ial, and the jury awarded Bresler $5,000 in compensatory damages and $12,500 in punitive damages. The Maryland Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment. 253 Md. 324, 252 A. 2d 755. We granted certiorari to consider the constitutional issues presented. 396 U. S. 874. In New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U. S. 254, we held that the Constitution permits a “public official” to recover money damages for libel only if he can show that the defamatory publication was not only false but was uttered with “ ‘actual ma…
• United States v. Key in Bankruptcy, 397 U.S. 322 (U.S. 1970)
  …ax claim, as provided by § 199 of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U. S. C. § 599. The Court of Appeals accepted respondent’s theory, and affirmed the order of the District Court approving the plan. 407 F. 2d 635 (C. A. 7th Cir. 1969). We granted certiorari, 396 U. S. 874 (1969), and we reverse. [*324] Since the earliest days of the Republic, § 3466 and its predecessors have given the Government priority over all other claimants in collecting debts due it from insolvent debtors.1 The present statute has existed almos…