Legal Opinion
Truncale v. Universal Pictures Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 24, 1948PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIFKIND, District Judge.
This is a motion by defendants for summary judgment under Rule 56(b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c.
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The first cause of action is attacked on two grounds of which the first is that it is barred by a three-year statute of limitations. The first cause of action is a derivative stockholders’ suit, brought on behalf of defendant Universal Pictures Inc., against some of its directors and officers. A condensed- version of the allegations of the complaint and uncontradicted affidavits will be sufficient for purposes of this motion.
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