Legal Opinion
Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,656 Simon v. Haberman v. John D. Murchison
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 30, 1972No. 729, Docket 72-1138PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal relates to a further chapter in the extraordinarily litigious history of Alleghany Corporation. Appellant is an Alleghany stockholder who asserts derivatively in its right certain claims against former officers and directors for damages payable to the corporation. Only three of the named defendants (apart from the nominal Alleghany) were served with process, i. e., John D. Murchison and Clint W. Murchison, Jr., individually and as a partnership, and Donald D. Harrington. They have prevailed in the District Court, where the merits of an amended complaint were…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Superintendent of Insurance of New York v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Birnbaum v. Newport Steel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,072 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, a Texas CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Diamond v. OreamunoNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Harold DRACHMAN and Claire Drachman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lawrence A. HARVEY Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug StoresSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 91,922 James Bloor v. Carro, Spanbock, Londin, Rodman & FassCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,496 Richard J. Sargent v. Genesco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- International Controls Corp. v. VescoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,731 Arnold S. Wellman v. Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
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