Legal Opinion
In re Alleghany Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 3, 1980No. 80-1428PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
The defendants in this securities lawsuit involving the 1979 merger of Alleghany Corporation and Investors Diversified Services, Inc. (IDS) petition this court for a writ of mandamus directing District Court Judge Miles W. Lord1 to vacate his orders providing for plaintiff class certification and class notice and to enter an order denying class certification. We deny the petition.
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On June 5, 1979, a number of former shareholders of IDS filed a class action suit challenging the merger. The complaint named as defendants Alleghany, inside directors of both Alleghany…
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- Allied Chemical Corp. v. Daiflon, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
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