Legal Opinion

Heart Disease Research Foundation, a Charitable Trust of the State of New York v. General Motors Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided July 5, 1972No. 763, Docket 72-1259PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Heart Disease Research Foundation, a charitable trust, and Robert R. Peters and Henry Sassone, two of the Foundation’s trustees, appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Harold R. Tyler, Jr., J., dismissing plaintiffs’ amended complaint against General Motors Corp., Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Co. and American Motors Sales Corp. Plaintiffs seek to represent a class consisting of “the population of the United States residing in the metropolitan areas of the United States, amounting to approximately…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In Re Multidistrict Private Civil Treble Damage Litigation Involving Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control EquipmentUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1970

3Cited by72 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania ex rel. Zimmerman v. Pepsico, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
  2. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,590 David Segal v. Lawrence Gordon, and Coburn Corporation of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
  3. George C. Frey Ready-Mixed Concrete, Inc. v. Pine Hill Concrete Mix Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
  4. Weiner v. Bank of King of PrussiaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
  5. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Pepsico, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988

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