Legal Opinion
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation v. Wolfson
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided May 31, 1974PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALICK, Judge.
These actions arise over claims of Louis Wolfson, Elkin Gerbert, Joseph Kosow and Marshal Staub (claimants) for indemnification by Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation (MCS) against expenses incurred in a criminal action. All parties seek summary judgment.
Claimants were charged by indictment with participation in a plan to cause MCS to secretly purchase hundreds of thousands of shares of its own common stock. Count one charged all claimants with conspiracy to violate federal securities laws. Count two charged Wolfson and count three charged Gerbert with perjury before the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- United States v. Louis E. Wolfson, Elkin B. Gerbert, Joseph Kosow and Marshal G. StaubCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Galdi v. BergDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1973
- Essential Enterprises Corp. v. Automatic Steel Products, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1960
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