Legal Opinion
Simon v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 10, 1942PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBenvenga, J.
This stockholder’s derivative suit is brought . against directors of defendant company for alleged breach of their duties, as directors, in connection with transactions of the company in buying “ distress ” gasoline from small refiners in Midwestern areas, in accordance with a buying program participated in by defendant company and other large oil companies.
These transactions were made the basis of an indictment charging an unlawful combination and conspiracy in restraint of trade and commerce by raising and fixing the prices for gaso*203line in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (U. S.…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Appalachian Coals, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Hun v. . CaryNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- General Rubber Co. v. . BenedictNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Kavanaugh v. . Commonwealth Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Wilshire Oil Company of Texas v. L. E. Riffe, O. Homer Riffe and Thomas J. MastersonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
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- Nanfito v. TEKSEED HYBRID COMPANYDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1972
- Schwartz v. RomnesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
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