Legal Opinion
Voege v. Ackerman
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 9, 1975No. 70 Civ. 5776PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
This is a motion, upon consent of the parties to this action, for an order (1) that the action be conditionally maintained as a class action, and (2) approving a settlement for the benefit of the class.
The action is one of a number that followed in the wake of a battle for control of Armour and Company. The two contending forces were General Host Corporation and Greyhound Corporation. The factual background of their activities prior to the events which gave rise to this action may be found in Armour & Co. v. General Host Corp.1 Greyhound *434eliminated…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- J. I. Case Co. v. BorakSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,062 C. Robert Young, National Bankers Life Insurance Co. v. Lawrence G. Katz, Movants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Free World Foreign Cars, Inc. v. Alfa Romeo, S.p.A.District Court, S.D. New York · 1972
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Spielman v. General Host CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1975
- In re Baldwin-United Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Steinberg v. CareyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Duhaime v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1997
- Voege v. AckermanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1976
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