Legal Opinion
McDonald v. Chicago Milwaukee Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 7, 1977No. 77-1127PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves three class action suits, consolidated in the district court below, initiated by various holders of railroad securities. On December 9, 1976, the district court entered a judgment approving an agreement of settlement and dismissing the consolidated actions. Objectors Clement J. McDonald and Raymond J. McDonald, father and son, holders respectively of Series B Bonds and Series A 5% Income Debentures, jointly noticed an appeal from the judgment.1
The essential facts pertinent to our disposition of this appeal are the negotiation of the settlements and the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Protective Committee for Independent Stockholders of TMT Trailer Ferry, Inc. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Girsh v. JepsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,547 Arthur Newman v. Howard M. Stein, and Morrie Benson and Rose Lerman, Objectants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,173 Michael Susman v. Lincoln American Corp., Ann Flamm and Arnold Flamm v. Rudolph Eberstadt, Jr. And Microdot, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,401 J. Ralph Saylor v. Thayer Lindsley, and Roseanne Horn, Michael J. McLaughlin Objectors-Appellants, and Abraham I. MarkowitzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by37 opinions
- In Re General Motors Corporation Engine Interchange LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- In Re Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation. Adams Extract Co., Great Northern Packaging Corp., Cfs Continental, Inc., Rossville Packing Co., Andre-Boudin Bakeries, Inc., Townhouse Furniture, Denver Meat Co., Carron Manufacturing Co., Ilikon Corp., Wittek Golf Supply Co., Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees v. Pleasure Hours, Inc., St. Joe Paper Co., the Continental Group, Olinkraft, Inc., Container Corporation of America, the Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia, Owens-Illinois, Inc., MacMillan Bloedel, Inc., Inland Container Corp., Menasha Corp., U. S. Corrugated Fibre-Box Co., Stone Container Corp., Defendants- Appellants-Appellees. In Re Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation. Adams Extract Co., Cfs Continental, Inc., Townhouse Furniture, Rossville Packing Co., Denver Meat Co., Carron Manufacturing Co., Andre-Boudin Bakeries, Inc., Ilikon Corp., Great Northern Packaging Corp., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees, Pleasure Hours, Inc., London Dry Ltd., Plaintiffs- Objectors-Appellants-Appellees v. The Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia, Stone Container Corp., Defendants-Appellants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. City of MiamiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Plummer v. Chemical BankCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Kevin Armstrong v. Board Of School Directors Of The City Of MilwaukeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
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