Legal Opinion
Zimmerman v. Bell
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided May 8, 1984No. Civ. Y-82-2658PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
JOSEPH H. YOUNG, District Judge.
The plaintiffs, stockholders in the Martin Marietta Corporation (“Martin”), have filed this derivative action against several directors of the company for their activities in opposing a hostile tender offer by the Bendix Corporation. The complaint in this action alleges that the defendants breached their fiduciary duty to the corporation and engaged in a waste of corporate assets to perpetuate their control over Martin.
The complex history of,this epic battle in American corporate history has been documented in prior decisions of this and other courts,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Wolgin v. SimonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Parish v. Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1968
- Lewis v. GravesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Charles Amdur, Isadore Amdur, and Jack Amdur v. Rawson G. Lizars, Malcolm Meyer, Certain-Teed Products CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Samuel Meltzer v. Atlantic Research CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Strougo Ex Rel. Brazil Fund, Inc. v. Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1997
- Stallworth v. AmSouth Bank of AlabamaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997
- Recchion, Westinghouse Elec. Corp. v. KirbyDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1986
- Burt on Behalf of McDonnell Douglas v. DanforthDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1990
- Association of Commonwealth v. HakeNebraska Court of Appeals · 1993
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