Legal Opinion
Charles Amdur, Isadore Amdur, and Jack Amdur v. Rawson G. Lizars, Malcolm Meyer, Certain-Teed Products Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 10, 1967No. 10578_1PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:
Under review in this appeal is an order of the District Court staying certain proceedings in the plaintiff-stockholders’ derivative action against a corporation and certain of its officers and directors, so long as a similar action brought earlier in a state court by the same plaintiffs remains “outstanding and undecided.” In the circumstances of the case, which will be detailed below, we conclude that the order staying further proceedings in the District Court did not constitute an abuse of discretion.
This litgation, which has been protracted over four and a half…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Landis v. North American Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Koster v. (American) Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Nederlandse Erts-Tankersmaatschappij, N v. V. Isbrandtsen Company, Inc. And Jacob IsbrandtsenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,777, 11 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 781 Chemetron Corporation, Cross-Appellant v. Business Funds, Inc., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- In Re Mercury Construction Corporation, Mercury Construction Corporation v. The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- Ppg Industries, Inc. v. Continental Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Evans Transportation Company v. Scullin Steel CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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