Legal Opinion
Duffey v. Wheeler
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 2, 1987No. 86-3577PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Jurisdiction of this shareholders derivative action is based solely on diversity of citizenship. In this case, we are asked to decide whether a corporation in a shareholder’s derivative action should be realigned as a party plaintiff for diversity purposes when the corporation management is deadlocked.
Challenge Energy, Inc. is a Florida corporation. Plaintiffs Duffey and DeSerio are Florida citizens. Defendants Wheeler, Hirsch, and H. Thomas Hirsch & Associates, P.C. are Texas citizens. It is the status of Challenge Energy for purposes of determining diversity…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Koster v. (American) Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Smith v. SperlingSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Swanson v. TraerSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- George B. Liddy v. Lawrence W. UrbanekCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Reilly Mortgage Group, Inc. v. Mount Vernon Savings & Loan Ass'nDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1983
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Donald Hoagland, as Receiver of Midwest Transit, Inc. v. Sandberg, Phoenix & Von Gontard, P.C.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- Duffey v. WheelerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Ono v. ItoyamaDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1995
- Gibson v. BoPar Dock Co. Corp.District Court, W.D. Virginia · 1991
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