Legal Opinion
Brill v. General Industrial Enterprises, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 20, 1956No. 11843PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALODNER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs appealed from an Order of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissing their stockholders’ derivative action to enjoin the sale of the corporation’s assets which was premised on their contention that such sale would violate the federal antitrust laws and thus subject the corporation to civil and criminal liability.
Defendants moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground of “mootness” in that the sale sought to be enjoined by plaintiffs was completely consummated subsequent to the dismissal above stated and prior to the filing of the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Mills v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Hovey v. McDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Jones v. MontagueSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Richardson v. McChesneySupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- BUTCHERS'BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION v. Crescent City Live-Stock Landing and Slaughter-House Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1870
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Rivoli Trucking Corp. v. New York Shipping Ass'nDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1957
- Reiter v. Universal Marion Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
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