Legal Opinion

Sneider v. Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc.

District Court, D. Delaware

Decided August 24, 1948No. Civil Action No. 1144PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEAHY, District Judge.

Observations and Conclusions.

Plaintiff, on the basis 'of the pleadings and affidavits, urges the amendment modifying the agreement requiring Hughes Tool Company to take the stock at market value was fraudulent, because it results in an unjust benefit to Hughes at the expense of the remaining shareholders and because this is particularly bad, here, where the directors, who negotiated the agreement, were controlled by'Hughes. Plaintiff claims if there is to be c-quity financing, it should be accomplished by offering new stock to all of defendant’s present stockholders at a…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. v. GittoneCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1940
  2. Allaun v. Consolidated Oil Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1929
  3. Murray Hill Restaurant, Inc. v. Thirteen Twenty One Locust, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1938
  4. Perrine v. Pennroad Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1946
  5. Bodell v. General Gas Electric CorporationSupreme Court of Delaware · 1927

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Henis v. Compania Agricola De GuatemalaDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1953
  2. General Electric Co., a Corporation v. American Wholesale Co., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1956
  3. Acme Fast Freight, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1955
  4. Clifton Park Manor, Section One, Inc. v. MasonDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1955
  5. Durkin v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins.District Court, S.D. New York · 1950

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