Legal Opinion
H. Gabriel Murphy v. Washington American League Base Ball Club, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 18, 1963No. 17630PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This is a minority stockholder’s derivative suit, brought chiefly to challenge certain salary increases voted by the board of directors of the appellee corporation to members of the board — and others — for their services as officers and employees. The District Court denied a preliminary injunction against payment of the increases, and this appeal followed.
The plaintiff-appellant, H. Gabriel Murphy, owns or controls over 40% of the stock of the Washington American League Base Ball Club, Inc., a District of Columbia corporation. In late 1960 and early 1961, over…
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- Meyers v. SmithSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1933
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