Legal Opinion
Crowley v. Communications for Hospitals, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 25, 1991No. 89-P-1327PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGillerman, J.
Following in the procedural footsteps of the plaintiff in Donahue v. Rodd Electrotype Co., 367 Mass. 578, 579 n.4 (1975), the plaintiff Christopher Crowley prosecutes this action derivatively for the benefit of Communications for Hospitals, Inc. (the company), and directly for his own benefit as a stockholder of the company. The thrust of the action is the claim that the majority stockholders of the company, the defendants William G. Dwyer and Paul S. Wagner (now deceased), designed and executed a scheme to “freeze-out” the two minority stockholders, the plaintiff and one Fred S. Lakewitz…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Donahue v. Rodd Electrotype Co. of New England, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co. v. BigelowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Wilkes v. Springside Nursing Home, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Zimmerman v. BogoffMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Chelsea Industries, Inc. v. GaffneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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