Legal Opinion
Pearce v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 16, 1983No. F002497PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WOOLPERT, J.
In this extraordinary proceeding we review facts which the judge below has described as setting “the stage for a perfect corporate soap opera.” He summarized the scenario as follows: “Plaintiff filed her derivative action on behalf of herself and all other ‘shareholders’ of Berry Holding Company. She seeks recovery for the corporation and tells a tale of corporate mismanagement, disloyalty, and abuse which takes up sixty[]five (65) pages, lists twelve (12) causes of action, and the list of defendants alone takes up nearly one and one-half (1 Vi) pages of her Second Amended…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Shielcrawt v. MoffettNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
- Perry v. JordanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949
- Whitten v. DabneyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Gaillard v. Natomas Co.California Court of Appeal · 1985
- Pittelman v. PearceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1992
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