Legal Opinion

G. A. Enterprises, Inc. v. Leisure Living Communities, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided May 27, 1975No. 75-1003PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

G. A. Enterprises, Inc. (“GA”), plaintiff in a stockholder derivative action, appeals from a judgment of the district court allowing a motion to dismiss filed by Leisure Living Communities, Inc., the company for whose alleored benefit it had brought the derivative action. 1 The court held that GA could not, as Fed.R. Civ.P. 23.1 requires, “fairly and adequately represent the interests of the shareholders or members similarly situated in enforcing the right of the corporation . . . .” The court’s ruling was not based on any doubts as to the competence of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. duPont v. WylyDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1973
  2. Redmond v. Commerce Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
  3. Catherine Wilson Nolen, on Behalf of Herself and All Other Stockholders of the Shaw-Walker Company v. The Shaw-Walker CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
  4. E. & J. Gallo Winery, a Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
  5. First American Corp. v. FosterDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1970

3Cited by54 opinions

  1. Lewis v. CurtisCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
  2. Schick Inc. v. Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers UnionCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1987
  3. Ohio-Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Co. v. KaplanDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1980
  4. Davis v. Comed, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
  5. Elgin v. Alfa Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1992

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