Legal Opinion
Feldman v. Pennroad Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 21, 1946No. 9038PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARIS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for the District of Delaware dismissing a complaint. The following facts provide a necessary background for the proper understanding of the issues raised.
On October 18, 1932 Julia A. Perrine and Joseph W. Perrine, holders of securities of Pennroad Corporation, brought a stockholders’ derivative suit in the Court of Chancery of Delaware in which they sought, inter alia, to charge the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, its directors, and the directors and voting trustees of Penn-road with losses sustained by Pennroad as the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Tait v. Western Maryland Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Allied Chemical & Dye Corp. v. Steel & Tube Co. of AmericaCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1923
- Overfield v. Pennroad CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union v. AckermanDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1949
- Harkey v. MobleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
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