Legal Opinion

Du Pont v. Du Pont

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided March 6, 1919No. 2382PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Delaware; J. Whitaker Thompson, Judge. Suit hi equity bjr Philip F. Du Pont and others against Pierre S. Du Pont and others. Decree for defendants, and complainants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

In the court below, Philip F. Du Pont, a citizen of Pennsylvania, filed a bill against the E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder Company, a corporate citizen of New Jersey, hereafter called the Powder Company, and 2 corporations and 13 individuals, corporate citizens of Delaware. Proofs were taken, and after final hearing the court entered a decree 'dismissing the bill. Thereupon the plaintiff took this appeal.

The hill was filed by Philip F. Du Pont, as a stockholder of the Powder Company, for and on behalf of himself and such stockholders as might intervene, and its…

2Cited by30 opinions

  1. Guth v. Loft, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1939
  2. Unocal Corp. v. Mesa Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1985
  3. Loft, Inc. v. GuthCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1938
  4. Katz Corp. v. T. H. Canty & Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
  5. Dunnett v. ArnCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934

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