Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Dansker
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 4, 1974No. 69 Civ. 2741PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WHITMAN KNAPP, District Judge.
This is a stockholder’s derivative suit brought under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“the Act”) and the New York Business Corporation Law (“BC L”) on behalf of Investors Funding Corporation (“IFC”) against various officers and directors of that company. The defendants include three brothers, Jerome, Raphael and Norman Dansker. It is only with those three that this opinion is concerned.
The complaint alleges that the defendants (including the Danskers) solicited and procured shareholder approval for three corporate acts by means of a proxy…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- J. I. Case Co. v. BorakSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,959 Frank Lanza, Jr. v. Drexel & Co., Theodore J. Kircher and Christie F. VitoloCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,464 Securities and Exchange Commission v. William v. Coffey, and John M. KingCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- In Re Caesars Palace Securities LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1973
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,263 Frank S. Yamamoto, Individually And, Derivatively, on Behalf of Investors Finance, Inc. v. Kazuo OmiyaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Lumbard v. Maglia, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- Manville Corp. v. Equity Security Holders Committee (In Re Johns-Manville Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- FTD CORP. v. Banker's Trust Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1997
- Mendell v. GreenbergDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
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