Satterfield v. Monsanto Co.

Opinion and Order

STANTON, District Judge.

Defendants move for summary judgment dismissing all of plaintiffs claims. Defendant Monsanto Company (“Monsanto”) is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Missouri, as is defendant Solutia, Inc. (“Solutia”), a corporation Monsanto spun off in 1997. Plaintiff is an individual resident of New York.

Mr. Satterfield claims that the defendants tortiously converted his property by refusing to turn over stock in the defendant companies to which he is entitled because of his ancestors’ ownership of stock in a predecessor company which became, by mergers, part…