Legal Opinion
Smith v. Sperling
District Court, S.D. California
Decided December 16, 1953No. Civ. 9005PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATHES, District Judge.
Edward S. Birn, “owner of 400 shares of the capital stock of defendant Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. * * * since August 21st, 1944,” commenced this action in this court on December 15, 1948, “suing derivatively on behalf of and for the benefit of defendant Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., and the stockholders thereof.”
The complaint contains three separate claims or causes of action. The third, alleging a violation of the Sherman and Clayton Acts, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1, 15, was dismissed without prejudice by order of court prior to trial. Fed.Rules Civ.Proc. rules 23(a) (1) (c),…
2Cases cited221 opinions
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- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Smith v. SperlingSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Gratz v. MurchisonDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1955
- Shaffer v. Coty, Inc.District Court, S.D. California · 1960
- Ralph D. Swanson, Marie A. Swanson, and Janet C. Sheaff, Roy E. Crummer, Intervening v. Glenn W. TraerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1956
- Allied Poultry Processors Co. v. PolinDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1955
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