Legal Opinion
Home Telephone Company v. Darley
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided February 28, 1973No. DC 71-68PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KEADY, Chief Judge.
Invoking diversity jurisdiction, Home Telephone Company (Home), a Mississippi corporation, sues Lon Darley and Rex Darley (Darleys), Tennessee citizens, for alleged breach of fiduciary duties as former officers, directors and controlling stockholders of Home. The complaint charges that the Darleys caused Home to breach a merger agreement it had made with a major independent telephone system, Mid-Continent Telephone Corporation (Mid-Continent) of Hudson, Ohio, and seeks the recovery of the principal amount of the judgment ($238,028.97) heretofore obtained…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Colonial Refrigerated Transportation, Inc. v. George P. Mitchell, George P. Mitchell v. Colonial Refrigerated Transportation, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Mid-Continent Telephone Corp. v. Home Telephone Co.District Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1970
- Knox Glass Bottle Co. v. UnderwoodMississippi Supreme Court · 1956
- Cooper v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1939
- Illinois Cent. R. v. Mississippi Cotton Seed Products Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1933
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Omnibank of Mantee v. United Southern BankMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
- North American Plastics, Inc. v. Inland Shoe Manufacturing Co.District Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1984
- Meyers v. MoodyDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1979
- Star Brite Distributing, Inc. v. GavinDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1990
- Rain Bird Corp. v. Salisbury (In Re Salisbury)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Mississippi · 2005
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