Legal Opinion
Provident Security Life Insurance Company v. John S. Gorsuch
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 1, 1963No. 18307PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.
John S. Gorsuch, a stockholder in United Security Life (United), brought this action to have declared void a merger agreement entered into between United and Provident Security Life Insurance Company (Provident). District court jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship. Judgment was entered for plaintiff and defendant, Provident, appeals.
Gorsuch first attacked the validity of this merger during the course of the appeal to this court in Niesz v. Gorsuch, 9 Cir., 295 F.2d 909. That was a stockholder’s derivative action in which Gor-such, suing on behalf of United,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Barber v. TurbervilleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- Helvering v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Depinto v. Provident Security Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Brownell v. Board of Education of Inside Tax District of City of Saratoga SpringsNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
- Livingston S. Hiern v. St. Paul-Mercury Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by28 opinions
- Kemp v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2022
- United Coin Meter Company, Inc., a Michigan Corporation v. Seaboard Coastline Railroad, a Virginia CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- John C. Keegel v. Key West & Caribbean Trading Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Consolidated Masonry & Fireproofing, Inc. v. Wagman Construction CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Cole Madsen v. A. J. Bumb, Receiver and Trustee for the Estate of Chase Capital Corporation, Dba Quail Valley Country Club, a California CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
23 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.