Legal Opinion
Alexander F. Eagle v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 19, 1985No. 84-1636PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph was ordered to refund $381 million in rate overcharges in 1980. That refund precipitated this lawsuit. Alexander F. Eagle filed a class action on behalf of Pacific’s minority shareholders against Pacific’s majority shareholder American Telephone and Telegraph (ATT), alleging that ATT breached its fiduciary duty owed to the minority shareholders. After the complaint was filed, ATT purchased the plaintiffs’ shares in the merger of Pacific into ATT. The case was removed from state court to the District Court for the Northern District of…
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