Legal Opinion

WESTON v. Reading Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 12, 1971No. Appeal, 375PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice Roberts,

Protesting shareholders and directors of the Reading Company have attempted to enjoin the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company from voting their Reading shares and otherwise mismanaging the Reading Company. They also sought an accounting with respect to various intercorporate transactions between the B&O, C&O and Reading which assertedly resulted in loss or injury to the latter. The protestors were successfully halted by preliminary Objections, and the validity of the trial court’s dismissal of their complaint is now before…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. United States v. Western Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  3. United States v. Philadelphia National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Far East Conference v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  5. Hawes v. OaklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1882

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3Cited by33 opinions

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  3. Greer v. United States Steel Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Jackson v. Centennial School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. County of Erie v. Verizon North, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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