Legal Opinion
Knop v. MacKall
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 13, 2011No. 10-7037PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge KAVANAUGH.
KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge:
Peter Knop is a shareholder in Avenir, a Washington, D.C.-based investment company. Knop brought a shareholder derivative suit naming Avenir and its three principal officers, Mackall, Keefe, and Rooney, as defendants. Knop alleged that Mackall, Keefe, and Rooney engaged in various forms of financial misconduct as Avenir’s managers. Because Knop brought a shareholder derivative suit, he also named the corporation itself, Avenir, as a defendant.
Knop filed his complaint in the Superior Court of the District of…
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- Smith v. SperlingSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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