Legal Opinion
Willheim v. Murchison
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 10, 1965No. 190, Docket 29126PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge.
The affairs of Alleghany Corporation, from its founding by the Van Sweringen brothers in 1929, have given rise to a flood of litigation that must be unparalleled in American corporation law. Even a single phase of its activity, its relationship with Investors Diversified Services, Inc. (IDS), of which Alleghany obtained control in 1949, has been a bounteous provider for the Securities and Exchange Commission and the courts, especially the District Court for the Southern District of New York and this court. This appeal concerns a chapter of Alleghany ten years after the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Blau v. LehmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Brown v. BullockCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Alleghany Corporation v. Allan P. Kirby, Charles T. Ireland, Jr., and Fred M. Kirby, Randolph PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Insuranshares Corporation v. Northern Fiscal Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1940
- Lutz v. BoasCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1961
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,038 Randolph Phillips v. John E. Tobin, Ralph K. Gottshall, and Alleghany CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Smith v. MurchisonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970
- Collins v. Securities & Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Phillips v. TobinDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1975
- Willheim v. MurchisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
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