Legal Opinion
Republic National Life Insurance v. Beasley
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 24, 1977No. Nos. 74 Civ. 1294 and 3785(MP)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLLACK, District Judge.
A settlement of two derivative stockholders’ suits has been negotiated and the Court is called upon pursuant to Rule 23.1 Fed.R. Civ.P., to determine its fairness, reasonableness and adequacy. The nominal party corporate defendant Republic (Republic National Life Insurance Company) on whose behalf the suits were brought, was realigned as a plaintiff in September 1976 for pretrial purposes. Independent Special Counsel for Republic negotiated the settlement after the realignment.
In addition to the settlement proposed, Special Counsel have moved on instructions of the…
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