Legal Opinion

Cohen v. American Window Glass Co.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided September 30, 1941PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIFKIND, District Judge.

Defendant moves to dismiss on three grounds:

1. the insufficiency of the complaint;

2. the insufficiency of the service of process;

3. lack of jurisdiction of the subject matter.

According to the complaint plaintiffs are Class A stockholders of the defendant. The defendant is a Pennsylvania corporation authorized to do business in New York. The relief requested in the complaint is that:

1. It be determined that a certain dividend heretofore paid to preferred stockholders is an asset of the defendant, recoverable against its directors.

2. A certain plan of merger approved by…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Tauza v. . Susquehanna Coal Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
  2. Simon v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. Old Wayne Mut. Life Assn. of Indianapolis v. McDonoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  4. Pennsylvania Fire Insurance v. Gold Issue Mining & Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
  5. Bagdon v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Vannoy v. Pacific Power & Light Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Cohen v. American Window Glass Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
  3. Krauss v. Erie R. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1954
  4. Air-Way Branches, Inc. v. Board of ReviewSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1952
  5. Zuckerman v. McCulleyDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1947

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