Legal Opinion
Rockwood v. Foshay
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 21, 1933No. 9675, 9676PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit by the chancery receiver of the W. B. Foshay Company, a Delaware corporation licensed to do business in the state of Minnesota, to recover from appellees, as directors of said corporation, the amounts of dividends alleged to have been unlawfully declared and paid in violation of the provisions of sections 34 and 35 of the General Corporation Law of the state of Delaware (Rev. Code Del. 1915, §§ 1948, 1949, as amended by 35 Del. Laws, c. 85, §§ 16,17) at that time in force.
These sections of the Delaware Corporation Law so far as pertinent read as…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Sanger v. UptonSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Hale v. AllinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Bernheimer v. ConverseSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Converse v. HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- White v. EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Oils, Inc. v. BlankenshipCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
- In Re Louis Elting, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1933
- Lank v. New York Stock ExchangeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1975
- Goldman v. Staten Island Nat. Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
- Klages v. CohenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
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