Legal Opinion

Miller v. Schweickart

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided April 26, 1976No. 74 Civ. 5089PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, limited partners of Schweickart & Co. (“Schweickart”), a securities broker-dealer and former member of the New York Stock Exchange, bring this action derivatively on behalf of Schweickart, which suffered a financial collapse in July 1974 and is now defunct. They assert claims against Skelly Oil Company (“Skelly”) and others for violations of section 17 of the Securities Act of 1933, 1 section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 2 Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, 3 and the New York State common law. The claims center about…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Ernst & Ernst v. HochfelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Annette Heyman v. Commerce and Industry Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,357 Marbury Management, Inc., and Harry Bader, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees v. Alfred Kohn, and Wood, Walker & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
  2. Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. Rolf v. Blyth Eastman Dillon & Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1977
  4. Songbird Jet Ltd., Inc. v. Amax Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1984
  5. In Re Blech Securities LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1996

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