Legal Opinion
Marquis Theatre Corp., Etc. v. Condado Mini Cinema, George Dennis
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 21, 1988No. 87-1367, 87-1478PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
The present appeal crowns the protracted history of this shareholders’ derivative action suit. The plaintiff filed suit in 1980. A one day bench trial took place in 1987. The district court entered judgment for the plaintiff, awarding her damages for self-dealing and corporate mismanagement, as well as attorneys’ fees. The defendant below, Dennis, 1 argues on appeal that the court erred in striking his responsive pleadings under Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(b)(2)(C) and (D), and that the evidence presented warranted neither the finding of liability, nor the damages awarded. We…
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