Legal Opinion
Wall & Beaver Street Corporation v. Munson Line
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided July 21, 1943No. 1954PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
On the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint in the above case, after hearing counsel and study of the briefs submitted, I have reached the conclusion that the motion must be granted. I will state the principal reasons therefor in this opinion.
The general nature of the case is a bill in equity by three minority junior stockholders to obtain a complete liquidation of the defendant corporation and the division pro rata of the assets among its various stockholders according to their rights and equities, or “in the alternative that this court will require the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Black & Yates, Inc. v. Mahogany Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
- Tower Hill-Connellsville Coke Co. of West Virginia v. Piedmont Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1933
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Fiscal Fund, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1943
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Munson Line, Inc. v. GreenDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1946
- Lynch v. BuchananCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- Turner v. Flynn & Emrich Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1973
- WALL & BEAVER STREET CORPORATION v. Munson LineDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1944
- Ryan v. Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
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