Legal Opinion
Weisman v. M C A Inc.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided October 4, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 3221PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CALEB M. WRIGHT, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs are former owners of 500 shares of Universal Pictures Co., Inc. (Universal). They sue on their own behalf and on behalf of several hundred other Universal stockholders similarly situated. The alleged damages arise out of the purchase and sale of Universal stock, pursuant to a “short form” merger under Delaware law, of Universal into Universal City Studios, Inc. (Studios) on March 25, 1966. Plaintiffs allege that defendants engaged in a course of conduct aimed at depressing the market price of Universal stock and enabling defendants to purchase…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hansberry v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Leo Vine v. Beneficial Finance Company, Inc., and Charles H. Dowd, Stuart A. Wixson, George J. Springer, C. H. Donohue and Crown Finance Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Voege v. American Sumatra Tobacco CorporationDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1965
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Korn v. Franchard Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Nolvert P. SCOTT, Jr., Appellant, Etc. v. the UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE Et Al.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Robert J. Ihrke and Mary E. Ihrke v. Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- DeBremaecker v. ShortCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- duPont v. WylyDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1973
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