Legal Opinion
Gruber v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided February 12, 1958No. Civ. A. 30870PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONNELL, District Judge.
Plaintiffs are joint shareholders of record of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, having purchased 5 shares of its common stock on April 3, 1947 and 10 shares of its common stock on October 10, 1948.
This is a shareholder’s derivative suit brought on behalf of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, hereinafter called the C & 0, against the directors and an officer of the corporation who are alleged to have committed waste of the corporate assets in the following transactions set forth in four separate causes of action:
1. A stock option plan adopted by the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Rogers v. Guaranty Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
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- Kerbs v. California Eastern Airways, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1952
- Rosenthal v. Burry Biscuit Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1948
- Franklin Telegraph Co. v. HarrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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3Cited by15 opinions
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