Schaller v. Litton Industries, Inc.

REYNOLDS, District Judge.

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, OPINION AND ORDER FOR JUDGMENT

“Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match,

Find me a find,

Catch me a catch.

Matchmaker, matchmaker, look through your book and make me a perfect match.”.....“Fiddler on the Roof”

This is an action for the payment of a fee for matching up the Louis Allis and Litton corporations which resulted in a merger. The defendant claims that the plaintiff’s activities had nothing to do with the ultimate merger of these two corporations, and even if it had, that the plaintiff would be entitled to no fee because he did…