Legal Opinion
Genzer v. Cunningham
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided September 26, 1980No. Civ. 77-71965PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GUY, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on defendants’ motion to dismiss or for summary judgment in a stockholders’ derivative suit brought on behalf of Burroughs Corporation, a Michigan corporation, raising claims under § 14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act (SEA) of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78n(a) and state law. 1 Plaintiffs complain that during the period 1971 to 1975 certain directors of Burroughs Corporation authorized questionable overseas payments to foreign officials and that the corporation’s accountant, Price Waterhouse, had knowledge of the payments.
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2Cases cited21 opinions
- J. I. Case Co. v. BorakSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Quinn v. Syracuse Model Neighborhood Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- William Butler Smith v. Leman HudsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- Burks v. LaskerSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Auerbach v. BennettNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,000 Ora E. Gaines v. D. J. Haughton, Lois A. And James Fitzpatrick v. D. J. HaughtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 92,071 Ann Brown v. Ferro Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Houle v. LowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- In Re PSE & G Shareholder LitigationSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2002
- Boland v. BolandCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2011
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