Legal Opinion
Berkwitz v. Humphrey
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided May 14, 1958No. Civ. 27386PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McNAMEE, District Judge.
This is a shareholder’s derivative action brought by plaintiff, a resident of Massachusetts, against the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, two of its directors and The M. A. Hanna Company, an Ohio corporation.
At the time of filing his complaint, plaintiff was the equitable owner of 300 shares of the common stock of Pittsburgh Consolidation and since 1954 has been the registered holder of 500 of the more than 2 Million issued and outstanding shares of the company.
The complaint contains four causes of action, in which the plaintiff…
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