Legal Opinion
Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,774 Charles Wendell Coffee v. The Permian Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 29, 1973No. 72-1814PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
In this case Charles Wendell Coffee brought suit against the Permian Corporation and several of its directors alleging a violation of § 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b) and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Commission, 17 C.F.R. 240.-10b-5. Coffee claimed that defendants, as majority stockholders, engaged in a scheme to defraud him of the value of his stock in the J. B. Knight Company, Inc., by liquidating Knight Company when its stock had a value of approximately $20.00 per share. A jury found in favor of Coffee and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 92,714 Edwin J. Herpich v. Robert H. Wallace, Jack E. LoveCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Charles Wendell Coffee v. Permian Corporation, W. R. Davis, C. R. Herpick, A. L. Bennett, Earl Layman and Walter K. Boyd, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Fred L. YOUNG and Eleanor L. Young, Husband and Wife, and Robert C. Donihue, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. John W. TAYLOR, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
- Collins v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1969
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,803 Steven Flaks v. David I. Koegel and Flora Mir Candy CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,872 Lila A. Miley v. Oppenheimer & Company, Inc., Anthony L. Geller and John W. HamiltonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Coy R. GROGAN and John Henson, Appellees, v. Frank J. GARNER, Jr., AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Gilbert v. BagleyDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1980
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