Legal Opinion
Guy v. Duff & Phelps, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 12, 1985No. 84 C 2813PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, District Judge.
Donald Guy (“Guy”) charges Duff & Phelps, Inc. (“Duff & Phelps”) and its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Claire Hansen (“Hansen”) violated:
1. Securities Exchange Act (“1934 Act”) § 10(b) (15 U.S.C. § 78(j)) and SEC Rule 10b-5 promulgated under the 1934 Act (17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5),
2. Illinois Securities Law of 1953 (“Blue Sky Law”) § 13 A (Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 12172, ¶ 137.13 A 1 ) and
3. their common-law fiduciary duties to Guy,
as well as committing common-law fraud, when they forced Guy to sell his Duff & Phelps stock back to…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Ernst & Ernst v. HochfelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Michaels v. MichaelsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 92,610 the Susquehanna Corporation v. Pan American Sulphur CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Greenfield v. Heublein, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Baumel v. RosenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by13 opinions
- James S. Jordan, Cross-Appellee v. Duff and Phelps, Inc., Claire v. Hansen, and Francis E. Jeffries, Defendants- Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Klein v. George G. Kerasotes Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
- Carpenter v. Exelon Enterprises Company, LLCAppellate Court of Illinois · 2010
- Wilson v. Great American Industries, Inc.District Court, N.D. New York · 1987
- Renovitch v. Stewardship Concepts, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1987
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