Legal Opinion
Levitan v. Stout
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided April 14, 1951No. Civ. 1615PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHELBOURNE, Chief Judge.
This is a stockholder derivative action brought by certain stockholders of General Plywood Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “The Corporation”). The named defendants are the Corporation, on whose behalf the action is brought, and six individuals — Samuel E. Stout, Edwin O. Dulaney, Tinsley W. Rucker, III, Calvin M. Hilton, John L. Farris, and W. L. Lyons — who are alleged to have been directors or former directors of the Corporation. According to the allegations of the amended complaint, which for present purposes must be taken as true, the essential facts are as…
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