Legal Opinion
Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,642 Curtiss-Wright Corporation v. Robert Helfand
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 26, 1982No. 81-2263PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The question in this case is the power of a district court to deny one of the members of the class in a class action settlement his full proportionate share of the settlement, without giving him a trial-type hearing.
Between 1970 and 1975 the management of Cenco Incorporated conducted a massive fraud. Primarily it involved inflating the value of Cenco’s inventories. This brought about an artificial increase in the price of Cenco stock, followed by a collapse after the fraud was unmasked. The collapse hurt holders of Cenco stock who had bought during the period of the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hansberry v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Rush PETTWAY Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Marshall v. Holiday Magic, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,397 Lawrence J. Beecher v. Charles R. Able, and Four Other Actions, McDonnell Douglas CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,445 Alan Zients v. Willard J. Lamorte, Gertrude Aranow, Claimants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by28 opinions
- In re Domestic Air Transportation Antitrust LitigationDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1993
- Findley v. Blinken (In Re Joint Eastern & Southern District Asbestos Litigation)District Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation Mdl No. 381Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Kline v. WolfCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Mars Steel Corporation v. Continental Illinois National Bank And Trust Company Of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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