Legal Opinion
Reiser v. Del Monte Properties Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 4, 1979No. 77-2418PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE,* Senior Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, Thomas Reiser and Inns-By-The-Sea,1 appeal from an order of the District Court for the Northern District of California dismissing their claim for attorneys’ fees arising out of their action against Del Monte Properties Company and certain officers and directors of Del Monte. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
In 1976, the defendants drew up a proposal involving a merger of Del Monte with a subsidiary company and reincorporation of the expanded company in Delaware. Reiser, an outside director of Del Monte, first learned of the plan when a…
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