Legal Opinion
Ratner v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 20, 1942PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BONDY, District Judge.
Defendants move for an order staying the further prosecution of this action until after the trial and determination of an action pending in the New York State Supreme Court, entitled Hornstein v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Both are stockholders’ derivative suits, at issue and awaiting trial. Plaintiff concedes for the purposes of this motion that both actions involve the same subject matter, and the same issues. All defendants in this action are defendants in the state court action.
The defendants urge that they should not be put to the trouble and expense of defending two…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Kline v. Burke Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- McClellan v. CarlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Byrd-Frost, Inc. v. ElderCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
- City of Ironton v. Harrison Const. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914
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3Cited by6 opinions
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