Legal Opinion
Galef v. Alexander
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 22, 1980No. 1196, Docket 79-7166PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, Gerard L. Goettel, Judge, granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment in a stockholder’s derivative suit on behalf of TRW, Inc. (“TRW”), an Ohio corporation, raising claims under § 14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78n(a) (1976) (“1934 Act”), and under state law. The gravamen of the complaint is that defendant directors of TRW exceeded their authority under certain employee stock option plans by causing the granting of options in 1974 conditioned…
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