Legal Opinion
Ritter v. Hilo Varnish Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 2, 1960PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYAN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff moves under Rule 60(b) F.R. Civ.P., 28 U.S.C. to vacate the judgment of dismissal entered by the Court on August 11, 1960, and for leave thereafter to move for summary judgment upon the motion papers filed on July 18, 1960.
Suit was filed on August 19, 1959. It is a stockholders’ derivative action. The jurisdiction is predicated on diversity.
Plaintiff is a stockholder of the Hilo Varnish Corporation, owning 126 of the 18,347 shares of common stock outstanding. It is alleged that through the fraudulent actions of the defendants, Hilo Varnish Corporation’s financial…
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