Legal Opinion
Allen v. Penn Central Company
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 21, 1972No. Civ. A. 72-1678PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, a shareholder and since August 24, 1972 a director of the Penn Central Company (“the Company”), brings this action on his own behalf and as a representative of a class as defined by F.R.Civ.P. 23. The proposed class consists of all holders of the Company’s common stock on July 7, 1972, the date of record for voting at the Annual Meeting of August 24. The Company and its Directors are defendants.
On July 17, 1972, the Board of Directors solicited proxies for approval of a Plan of Refinancing (“the New Plan”) designed to satisfy a debt of which…
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- Kohn v. American Metal Climax, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- General Time Corp. v. Talley Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Borg v. International Silver Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
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