Legal Opinion
Weiss v. Kay Jewelry Stores, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 3, 1972No. Nos. 24443, 24444PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATTHEWS, Senior District Judge:
A stockholder’s derivative action was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by Walter A. Weiss (Weiss), a stockholder of Kay Jewelry Stores, Inc. (Kay), a Delaware corporation. From a summary judgment entered against them jointly and severally, the defendants Cecil D. Kauf-mann (Cecil), Joel S. Kaufmann (Joel), and Simon Hirshman (Hirshman), president, treasurer and secretary, respectively, of Kay, and directors thereof, appeal.1 The question on this appeal is the propriety or merit of the grant of summary judgment.
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2Cases cited29 opinions
- United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Guth v. Loft, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1939
- Rogers v. Guaranty Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Sterling v. Mayflower Hotel Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1952
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Johnson v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
- Mazaleski v. TreusdellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
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- Iris McKinney v. Honorable Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Alan McSurely v. John L. McClellan Thomas Ratliff, Individually and as Sometime Commonwealth Attorney for Pike County, KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
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