Legal Opinion
Topik v. Catalyst Research Corporation
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 22, 1972No. Civ. 70-1228-MPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES R. MILLER, Jr., District Judge.
Memorandum Opinion and Order
This is a stockholders derivative suit arising from the merger of a Maryland corporation with a Delaware corporation. Federal jurisdiction is founded on diversity of citizenship under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 and an amount in controversy which are not disputed.
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Plaintiffs are individual stockholders of a former Maryland corporation named Electronic Aids, Inc. (herein referred to as E.A. Maryland). E.A. Maryland was incorporated in March of 1958 with the purpose of selling mechanical teaching aids. In 1965 Mine Safety Appliances, Inc., a…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Wilshire Oil Company of Texas v. L. E. Riffe, O. Homer Riffe and Thomas J. MastersonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
- Joseph M. Shealy, Jr. v. Challenger Manufacturing Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Kent B. Crane v. Archie Carr, IIICourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- McLaughlin v. CopelandDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1977
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- Security Bank, N. A. v. TauberDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1972
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