Whitney Bros. Co. v. Sprafkin

TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

At issue here is whether the Defendants were properly required to pay the Plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees. Plaintiffs/appellees are Whitney Brothers Company (“Whitney Brothers”) and Griffin M. Stabler, Whitney Brothers’ president, chief executive officer and director. Defendants/appellants, David C. Sprafkin and Joan Barenholtz, are the trustees of the Bernard M. Barenholtz Trust, Whitney Brothers’ majority shareholder.

In the underlying litigation, Plaintiffs sued to compel Defendants to sell their stock in Whitney Brothers pursuant to a written buy/ sell contract. After…