Legal Opinion
Dillon v. Berg
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided May 6, 1971No. Civ. A. 3967PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LATCHUM, District Judge.
This is a stockholders derivative suit brought by three of the directors of the Scotten, Dillon Company (“Scotten, Dillon”), Len J. Dillon (“Dillon”), Harold Gray (“Gray”), and Fred R. Davis (“Davis”) against four of the directors or purported directors of the company, F. Steven Berg (“Berg”), William Lerner (“Lerner”), George K. Bissell (“Bissell”), and Ernest Summers (“Summers”), with Scotten, Dillon, a Delaware corporation, as a nominal defendant. Jurisdiction exists by virtue of Section 27 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“the Act”), 15 U.S.C. § 78aa,…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- J. I. Case Co. v. BorakSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Studebaker Corporation v. Richard D. GittlinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- The Greater Iowa Corporation v. Frank McLendonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Heit v. WeitzenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Kennecott Copper Corporation v. Curtiss-Wright CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Smith v. Great Basin Grain Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1977
- Mayer v. Development Corporation of AmericaDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1975
- Donald J. Wylie v. The Marley CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- Len J. Dillon v. F. Steven BergCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
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