Legal Opinion
EF Hutton & Company v. Brown
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided September 18, 1969No. Civ. A. 68-H-592PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
I. PREFACE
NOEL, District Judge.
A. Introduction
Plaintiff E. F. Hutton & Company, Inc. (“Hutton”), a national brokerage firm, brought this action against defendant John D. Brown, its former Houston regional vice-president, for alleged negligence and breach of fiduciary duty to the corporation. Jurisdiction exists under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 as to the entire case, and under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 as to a portion of the case.
In this litigation Hutton is represented by a Houston law firm (hereinafter called “the Houston firm”), which appears as Hutton’s counsel of record. Hutton’s corporate…
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3Cited by136 opinions
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