Legal Opinion

Atlantic City Electric Company v. General Electric Company

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided December 31, 1962No. 208, Docket 27884PublishedCited by 66 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LUMBARD, Chief Judge.

The question for decision is whether fraudulent concealment of the existence of a cause of action under § 4 of the Clayton Act, 38 Stat. 731 (1914), 15 U.S.C. § 15, tolls the running of the four-year limitation period contained in §§ 4B and 5(b) of the Act, as amended by Act of July 7, 1955, 69 Stat. 282, 15 U.S.C. §§ 15b and 16(b). We hold that it does and accordingly we affirm Judge Fein-berg’s order, 207 F.Supp. 613 (1962), denying motions of the defendants in 418 related actions pending in the Southern District of New York to strike from the complaints (1) allegations…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Holmberg v. ArmbrechtSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Bailey v. GloverSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  3. Moviecolor Limited v. Eastman Kodak Company, Technicolor, Inc. And Technicolor Motion Picture CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
  4. Exploration Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  5. City of Kansas City v. Federal Pacific Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962

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3Cited by66 opinions

  1. Garner v. WolfinbargerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  2. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,100 Donald J. Robertson v. Seidman & SeidmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
  3. Susanne H. Ramadan, on Her Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. The Chase Manhattan Corporation Hyundai Motor Finance CoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
  4. David Weinberger, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Retail Credit CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
  5. Brick v. Dominion Mortgage & Realty TrustDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1977

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