Legal Opinion
Schaffner v. Chemical Bank
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 10, 1972No. 70 Civ. 5323PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POLLACK, District Judge.
Plaintiff, an income beneficiary of a personal inter vivos trust of which defendant bank is the trustee, seeks to maintain this suit as a class action under F.R.Civ.P. 23(b) (3). The complaint asserts that the class consists of all persons and institutions who are or have been beneficiaries of any trust or trusts of which defendant is trustee and for whose account defendant executes securities transactions.
Apparently, the defendant administers approximately five thousand trusts either as sole trustee or with others as co-trustee. The number of beneficiaries of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Joseph B. KAUFFMAN Et Al. v. the DREYFUS FUND, INC., Et Al., Investors Diversified Services, Inc., Et Al., AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Siegel v. Chicken Delight, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 1967
- Federal Trade Commission v. Consolidated Foods Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Morris v. BurchardDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
- Helen McLanahan Stevens v. Chauncey C. LoomisCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Elsie Simer v. Richard J. Rios, Acting Director of Community Services Administration Community Services AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Windham v. American Brands, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- In Re HOTEL TELEPHONE CHARGESCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- State Ex Rel. Guste v. General Motors Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- Abercrombie v. Lum's Inc.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1972
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