Legal Opinion
Vanderbilt v. Geo-Energy Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 28, 1983No. 83-1160PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Appellants/plaintiffs appeal from two separate orders of the district court dismissing this derivative action. The district court’s interlocutory order of October 18, 1982 dismissed Oliver DeGray Vanderbilt’s and Vanderbilt & Company’s complaint because the district court found that these plaintiffs were not fair and adequate representatives of the shareholder class. This same order also granted C. Clay Noah’s motion to intervene as a derivative plaintiff. In a subsequent order of February 8, 1983 the district court dismissed Noah’s…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Lewis v. CurtisCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- duPont v. WylyDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1973
- Davis v. Comed, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Rothenberg v. Security Management Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Seidman v. American Mobile Systems, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1994
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