Daugherty v. Ball

HAUK, District Judge.

This action was initiated derivatively on behalf of Desilu Productions, Inc., hereinafter referred to as “Desilu”, in a complaint alleging that the individual defendants, as officers and directors of defendant Desilu, approved, permitted to be paid, and paid excessive compensation to defendant Lucille Ball during the years 1963 through 1965.

Jurisdiction of this court has been invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332, as amended,1 inasmuch as there is diversity of citizenship between plaintiff and defendants and the matter in controversy *330exceeds the sum of $10,000, exclusive…