Legal Opinion
Ziskin v. Thrall Car Manufacturing Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 28, 1982No. 81-0345PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goldberg
Barry Ziskin (plaintiff) brought this class action against Thrall Car Manufacturing Company (Thrall), Chamberlain Manufacturing Corporation (Chamberlain), and five individual directors of Chamberlain. Plaintiff sought an injunction against a proposed merger between the defendant corporations, which has since been consummated under Iowa law, and damages. Plaintiff’s complaint was dismissed for failure to state a cause of action (see Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 110, par. 45), and his motion for leave to file an amended complaint was denied. Plaintiff appeals.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Knox College v. Celotex Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1981
- Steinberg v. Chicago Medical SchoolIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
- Ruth Panter v. Marshall Field & Co., Richard Weiss v. Marshall Field & Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Owens v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,877 Seaboard World Airlines, Inc. v. Tiger International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Continental Bank, N.A. v. MeyerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Sanders v. Thrall Car Manufacturing Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1983
- William F. Shidler v. All American Life & Financial Corp., Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- North American Financial Group, Ltd. v. S.M.R. Enterprises, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1984
- Capalbo v. Paine Webber, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1987
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