Legal Opinion
Marcus v. Otis
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 20, 1948No. 257, Docket 20969PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The case comes up Upon appeals by the defendants from a judgment holding them liable, as directors of the Automatic Products Corporation, a Delaware corporation, for the conversion of 116,500 shares of stock in another corporation, Majestic Radio & Television Corporation, which the Automatic Products Corporation had bought from a third corporation — Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc. The judge held the defendants also as “constructive trustees,” because, being directors of “Automatic,” they had withdrawn its funds to buy the shares in controversy; and he held that the…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Guth v. Loft, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1939
- Spiegel v. Beacon Participations, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Henderson v. HendersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Cahall v. LoflandCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1921
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Myzel v. FieldsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- John B. Janigan v. Frederick B. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1965
- Gustave Gerstle, (Cross-Appellants) v. Gamble-Skogmo, Inc., (Cross-Appellee)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- State of West Virginia v. Chas. Pfizer & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1970
- Hadden v. Rumsey Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
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