Green v. Santa Fe Industries, Inc.

• Court: U.S. Court of Appeals — Second Circuit
• Writing for the Court: KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, and GURFEIN; PER CURIAM
• Citation: Green v. Santa Fe Industries, Inc., 533 F.2d 1309 (2nd Cir. 1976)
• Decision Date: 10 March 1976
• Docket Number: Nos. 75-7256 and 75-7404,s. 75-7256 and 75-7404
• Parties: Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,472 S. William GREEN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SANTA FE INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Arnold MARSHEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AFW FABRIC CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellees. Barry L. SWIFT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONCORD FABRICS, INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

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533 F.2d 1309

Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,472

S. William GREEN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SANTA FE INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Arnold MARSHEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AFW FABRIC CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Barry L. SWIFT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONCORD FABRICS, INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Nos. 75-7256 and 75-7404.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

March 10, 1976.

KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, and GURFEIN, Circuit Judge did not participate in the poll.

PER CURIAM.

This Court has denied en banc, 2 Cir., 523 F.2d 1277, not because we believe these cases are insignificant, but because they are of such extraordinary importance that we are confident the Supreme Court will accept these matters under its certiorari jurisdiction, as we correctly anticipated in Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin, 479 F.2d 1005, 1020 (2d Cir. 1973), vacated, 417 U.S. 156, 94 S.Ct. 2140, 40 L.Ed.2d 732 (1974).

Even under the best of circumstances, an en banc proceeding is often an unwieldly and cumbersome device generating little more than delay, costs, and continued uncertainty that can ill be afforded at a time of burgeoning calendars. A case in which Supreme Court resolution is inevitable should not be permitted to tarry in this Court for further intermediate action, at best, except when the views of this Court would be of real benefit to the Supreme Court. And, en banc is particularly inappropriate and unsatisfactory in the cases before us, since two of our active judges are...