Legal Opinion
Quirke v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 4, 1960No. Nos. 16310-16314PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Circuit Judge.
There are involved in this appeal five actions consolidated for the purpose of trial and likewise consolidated on appeal. Basically they all stem from the same transaction; to-wit, the purchase of stock in the Central of Georgia Railway Company by the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, and represent two causes of action. The first is a stockholder’s derivative action brought by appellant on behalf of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, hereinafter referred to as the Frisco, against its directors and certain of its officers. The second is a bondholder’s…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Heinz v. National Bank of CommerceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
- Allan v. Moline Plow Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- Home Mortg. Co. v. RamseyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1931
- Muren v. Southern Coal & Mining Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1913
- Stone v. Holly Hill Fruit Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America v. HoffaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1965
- Edward F. Quirke v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, Daniel K. Catlin, Appellees(two Cases). Edward F. Quirke v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company and David Roberts, Jr., Edward F. Quirke v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company and E. L. Bruce, Jr., Edward F. Quirke v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, Hugh L. Harrell and R. Otis McClintockCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
- Great Plains Trust v. Union Pacific RRCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007