Legal Opinion
Sheppard v. Wilcox
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 21, 1962No. Civ. 26099PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURKE, P. J.—
The brief but tempestuous corporate existence of Crestlawn Memorial Park Association (Crestlawn) has been marred by a bitter struggle between two groups of stockholders seeking to wrest control of the corporation from one another. In a complaint filed on January 20, 1958, plaintiffs’ group sought to recover its controlling interest in the common stock of Crestlawn which was shifted to defendants’ 1 group when the latter, acting as the board of directors, caused the corporation to issue sufficient common stock to itself to divest plaintiffs of voting control. The court below gave…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Whitehead v. SweetCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
- Parrott v. ByersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1871
- Boericke v. WeiseCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1945
- Dunlay v. Avenue M Garage & Repair Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. East Bay Union of MacHinists, Local 1304California Court of Appeal · 1964
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- Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman v. CohenCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1987
- Funderburk v. General Telephone Co.California Court of Appeal · 1968
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