Legal Opinion
Winkelman v. General Motors Corporation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 10, 1942PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEIBELL, District Judge.
This suit is a consolidation of several actions brought by minority stockholders against General Motors Corporation, its officers and directors, and certain other corporations to which reference will be made later. The actions are all derivative in their nature. The claims are asserted on behalf of General Motors Corporation, on the allegation that General Motors Corporation is not itself in a position to bring these actions, because the individual defendants constitute a large majority of the Board of Directors of General Motors. In August 1940 I ruled upon a motion…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Pepper v. LittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Twin-Lick Oil Co. v. MarburySupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Galpin v. PageSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Southern Pacific Co. v. BogertSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- LaBelle Iron Works v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by49 opinions
- In Re Caesars Palace Securities LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1973
- Rita Gottesman v. General Motors Corporation and E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Michelsen v. PenneyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
- Cathedral Estates, Inc. v. The Taft Realty CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Maldonado v. FlynnCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
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