Legal Opinion
Plechner v. Widener College, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 29, 1976No. Civ. A. 75-2862PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.
I. Preliminary Statement
At stake in this unusual lawsuit is the control of the Delaware Law School (DLS), which was founded in 1971 by Dean Emeritus Alfred Avins (Avins), one of the plaintiffs. DLS is located in Wilmington, Delaware. The other plaintiff, Richard F. Plechner, is a DLS trustee. The legal issues before us concern the validity of the transactions in July, 1975, which resulted in the affiliation of DLS with defendant Widener College, Inc. (Widener) and in the transfer of governance of the law school from a Board of Trustees…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Austin Instrument, Inc. v. Loral Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1971
- W. R. Grimshaw Company and National Surety Corporation v. Nevil C. Withrow Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1957
- In the Matter of a Motion to Compel Arbitration Between Hellenic Lines, Ltd., and Louis Dreyfus CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Trustees of Andover Theological Seminary v. Visitors of the Theological InstitutionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Bennett v. Breuil Petroleum Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1953
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Plechner v. Widener College, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Parfi Holding AB v. Mirror Image Internet, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 2001
- Avins v. MollDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1984
- Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, Inc. v. American Bar Ass'nDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1994
- Food Fair Stores, Inc. v. JoyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
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