Legal Opinion
Chaplin v. Selznick
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 26, 1945PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShientag, J.
This is a derivative stockholder’s action. United Artists Corporation, in whose behalf the suit is brought, is joined as a defendant. It has filed an answer, has denied the essential allegations of the complaint and has asked that the complaint be dismissed. Other defendants have, in their answers, pleaded affirmatively: ratification, estoppel and laches. They now seek to examine before trial the president of "United Artists Corporation with respect to those affirmative defenses. Notice of this examination has been served upon the plaintiff, who moves to vacate it.
Ordinarily, one defendant…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Continental Securities Co. v. . BelmontNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Wallace v. Lincoln Savings BankTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
- Chaplin v. SelznickNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
- Holmes v. CampAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- Potter v. WalkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Swenson v. ThibautCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1978
- Beyerbach v. Juno Oil Co.California Supreme Court · 1954
- Hausman v. BuckleyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Carruthers v. Jack Waite Mining Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1953
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America v. HoffaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1965
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