Legal Opinion
Dillon v. Berg
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided November 29, 1972No. Civ. A. 3967, 4182PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LATCHUM, District Judge.
Plaintiffs seek an allowance of attorneys’ fees in the amount of $250,000 1 and the reimbursement of expenses totaling $37,655.16 2 incurred in the prosecution of these two actions to be paid by Scotten, Dillon Company, the corporate defendant on whose behalf the suits were derivatively brought. Basing their request upon Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co., 396 U.S. 375, 90 S.Ct. 616, 24 L.Ed.2d 593 (1970), the plaintiffs claim that they are entitled to reasonable fees and expenses because they “ . . . achieved in this derivative action results beneficial to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Sprague v. Ticonic National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Trustees v. GreenoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Alexander Kahan, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Lewis RosenstielCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by8 opinions
- National Home Products, Inc. v. GrayDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1976
- Schroder v. Scotten, Dillon CompanyCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1972
- Cole v. HallDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1974
- Swanson v. American Consumers Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- King v. EdwardsDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1982
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