Legal Opinion
McLean v. Alexander
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided March 31, 1978No. Civ. A. 3972PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, District Judge.
Before the Court for resolution is the issue of damages suffered by plaintiff in relying on the misleading report of an accountant as one factor in his decision to purchase all the stock of Technidyne, Inc. A necessary adjunct to the determination of damages is the accountant’s cross-claim for indemnification and contribution 1 against the settling defendants, namely the individual shareholders and Shields & Company, Incorporated (“Shields”), an investment banking corporation. All of the co-defendants were released and with one exception indemnified…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- Ernst & Ernst v. HochfelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. Reliable Transfer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Dole v. Dow Chemical Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1972
- United Air Lines, Inc. v. Janice Wiener and Catherine B. Nollenberger (Excluding Faith C. Paris), United States of America v. Janice WienerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Huddleston v. Herman & MacLeanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- McLean v. AlexanderCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Glus v. G. C. Murphy Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,926 Heizer Corporation v. Jordon RossCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Pepsico, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1986
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