Legal Opinion
Green v. Santa Fe Industries, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 27, 1975No. 74 Civ. 3915 CLBPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BRIEANT, District Judge.
Plaintiffs seek to maintain this purported class action on behalf of all of the former shareholders of Kirby Lum ber Corporation (“Kirby”), a Delaware corporation, who were offered or received cash for their shares when Kirby and Forest Products, Inc. (“FPI”) were merged. Plaintiffs also sue derivatively to enforce the rights of Kirby as it existed prior to the merger (hereinafter “Old Kirby”).
Jurisdiction is premised on § 27 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78aa; this Court’s jurisdiction depends, therefore, upon the existence of…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Strawbridge v. CurtissSupreme Court of the United States · 1806
- Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,853 John Schlick v. Penn-Dixie Cement CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Leo Vine v. Beneficial Finance Company, Inc., and Charles H. Dowd, Stuart A. Wixson, George J. Springer, C. H. Donohue and Crown Finance Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Knute Swanson v. American Consumer Industries, Inc., United States Cold Storage Corporation and Peoria Service CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Santa Fe Industries, Inc. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Green v. Santa Fe Industries, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1987
- Loengard v. Santa Fe Industries, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1987
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,447 S. William Green v. Santa Fe Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Foltz v. U.S. News & World Report, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1986
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