Legal Opinion

S-W Co. v. John Wight, Inc.

Montana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1978No. 14033PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daly

This appeal comes to us from a final judgment of the District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District, in and for the County of Yellowstone, which adopted findings of fact and conclusions of law made by a special master resulting in the dismissal of 21 of plaintiff’s 22 causes of action on various grounds as specified below.

The history of the current litigation is extremely complex and involves eight prior law suits. For this reason we have set forth the facts leading to this appeal in chronological order.

This is a shareholder’s derivative action against John Wight, Inc. and its directors.…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Cromwell v. County of SacSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Delaware & Hudson Co. v. Albany & Susquehanna RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  3. Rita Gottesman v. General Motors Corporation and E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
  4. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,592 Paulette Papilsky v. Alvin H. Berndt, and Carl W. KnoblochCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
  5. Catherine Wilson Nolen, on Behalf of Herself and All Other Stockholders of the Shaw-Walker Company v. The Shaw-Walker CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Fox v. 7L Bar Ranch Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1982
  2. First Bank v. District Court for the Fourth Judicial DistrictMontana Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Associated Mgmt. Servs., Inc. v. RuffMontana Supreme Court · 2018
  4. Eye Site, Inc. v. BlackburnTexas Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Sax v. World Wide Press, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987

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