Legal Opinion
Weissman v. Alliance Capital Management Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 6, 1987No. 84 Civ. 8904 (WCC)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM C. CONNER, District Judge:
This shareholders’ derivative action is before the Court on the application of plaintiff’s attorneys for an award of counsel fees and expenses.
Background
Plaintiff Susan J. Weissman, a shareholder of defendant Alliance Capital Reserves (“the Fund”), a money-market mutual fund, brought the action under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“the Act”), as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 80a-l to 80a-64 (1982 & Supp. II 1984), seeking to recover on behalf of the Fund payments it made to defendant Alliance Capital Management Corporation (“ACMC”), its investment adviser,…
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- Surowitz v. Hilton Hotels Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Malchman v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- In Re Irving L. GARTENBERG, PetitionerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
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