Legal Opinion
Meyer v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 22, 1936No. 416PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
The bill of complaint was dismissed below on motions for want of subject-matter jurisdiction. Appellant, a stockholder of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company (St. Louis Southwestern hereafter), brought a derivative suit in equity for the benefit of the company to recover from appellees, railroads, bankers, directors, and investors in stock, for alleged damages to the St. Louis Southwestern. The bill of complaint alleges that certain banking houses and others conspired to use the funds of a railway company already in their…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Cohens v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
- Smith v. Kansas City Title & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Southern Pacific Co. v. BogertSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- United Copper Securities Co. v. Amalgamated Copper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Fleitmann Ex Rel. Stockholders of the Consolidated Street Lighting Co. v. Welsbach Street Lighting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Wilshire Oil Company of Texas v. L. E. Riffe, O. Homer Riffe and Thomas J. MastersonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
- Kalmanash v. SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
- Hoover v. AllenDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1965
- Fielding v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- Fanchon & Marco, Inc. v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
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