Legal Opinion
Jules E. Angoff v. Bernard Goldfine, Harold Brown v. Bernard Goldfine
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 10, 1959No. 5472, 5473PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Chief Judge.
These are appeals by counsel for the original plaintiff and counsel for intervening plaintiffs in a minority stockholder’s derivative action from so much of a substitute judgment approving a stipulation of settlement of the action as awarded the appellants counsel fees and expenses. The assertion is that the court below based its awards on incorrect legal principles and that the awards are grossly inadequate.
The facts essential for federal jurisdiction over the main cause of action based on the diversity of the citizenship of the parties thereto and the amount in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Sprague v. Ticonic National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Trustees v. GreenoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- STANTON v. Embrey, AdministratorSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Smolowe v. Delendo CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by75 opinions
- Alexander Kahan, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Lewis RosenstielCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- William Weinberger v. Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Daily v. ZurcherDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1974
- In Re Warner Communications Securities LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- Pioche Mines Consolidated, Inc., Ely Valley Mines, Inc., and John Janney v. Helen Dolman, John Janney v. Helen DolmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
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