Legal Opinion

Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,517 Walter Untermeyer, Jr. v. Fidelity Daily Income Trust

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 2, 1978No. 77-1323PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

After an inconclusive start, see Untermeyer v. Fidelity Daily Income Trust, 1 Cir., 1977, 564 F.2d 615, where we found we lacked jurisdiction, we now face squarely the district court’s ruling that plaintiff, a minority shareholder of a. mutual fund, had not alleged an adequate excuse for failure to make a demand upon the trustees of the fund before instituting this derivative action. Bringing suit under the Investment Company Act of 1940,15 U.S.C. §§ 80a-l et seq. (1976), plaintiff alleges (1) that the fund’s portfolio was valued at less than market value so as…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. In Re Kauffman Mutual Fund Actions. Joseph B. KauffmanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
  2. Delaware & Hudson Co. v. Albany & Susquehanna RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  3. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,297 Charles Heit v. Walter S. BairdCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
  4. Cathedral Estates, Inc. v. The Taft Realty CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
  5. S. Harold Levitt v. Edward C. Johnson, 2dCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1964

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Lewis v. CurtisCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
  2. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 99,704 Dr. Malik M. Hasan and Seeme Hasan v. Clevetrust Realty InvestorsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
  3. Stanley M. Grossman v. Edward C. Johnson, 3rdCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
  4. Garber v. LegoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
  5. Thomas M. Gaubert v. Federal Home Loan Bank BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988

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