Legal Opinion
Mullins v. De Soto Securities Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 4, 1943No. 10497PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Filed in the state court by a holder of preferred stock in DeSoto Securities Company, Inc., the petition, thirty printed pages long, containing seventy-eight numbered paragraphs, purported to set forth a claim to redress injuries suffered by the corporation. Removed to. the federal court, there were interrogatories propounded to the defendants, a motion to dismiss “because the complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted”, a motion to strike, and a motion to make definite, followed by an amendment setting out the manner in which plaintiff had…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ex Parte CuttingSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Farmers' & Merchants' Bank of Phœnix v. Arizona Mut. Savings & Loan Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1915
- Radford Iron Co. v. Appalachian Electric Power Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1933
- Mullins v. De Soto Securities Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1942
- Stallings v. ConnCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arthur Howard Bloomberg, Trustees, Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arthur H. BloombergCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1962
- Meltzer v. GraziAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1960
- Tennessee Coal, Iron & R. v. Muscoda Local 123District Court, N.D. Alabama · 1946
- Thompson v. BroadfootCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
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