Legal Opinion
Segal v. Bresnick
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 17, 1952PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBenjamin J. Rabin, J.
Plaintiffs (sometimes referred to herein as “management”), seek to enjoin, pending trial, the *570use of proxies which they claim were obtained by defendants (the “opposition”), through fraud. The claimed fraud is that in a pre-election proxy fight for control of the corporation, the opposition secured many proxies from stockholders by means of false, misleading and incomplete statements, both written and oral.
The annual meeting of the corporation, for the purpose of electing a board of directors, was held on October 23, 1951. As a result of a dispute between management and opposition in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Advance Music Corp. v. American Tobacco Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1946
- Young v. JebbettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
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- Goldfield Corp. v. General Host Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1971