Legal Opinion
Speed v. Transamerica Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 14, 1956No. Nos. 11836, 11839, 11834, 11835, 11838, 11837, 11840PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARIS, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated appeals involve three class actions brought in the District Court for the District of Delaware by former and present stockholders of Axton-Fisher Tobacco Company, a Kentucky- corporation which manufactured tobacco products, against its majority stockholder, Transamerica Corporation, a holding and investment company incorporated in the state of Delaware. The stockholders charged that Transamerica had fraudulently deprived them of their rightful participation in the liquidation of Axton-Fisher in 1944.
Prior to April 30, 1943, Axton-Fisher had outstanding…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Speed v. Transamerica Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1951
- Zahn v. Transamerica CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947
- Speed v. Transamerica CorporationDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1955
- Geller v. Transamerica CorporationDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1943
- Friedman v. Transamerica Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1946
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. v. Piper Aircraft Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Brennan v. Midwestern United Life Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1966
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,346 Robert L. Alley, Cross-Appellee v. Louis Miramon, Jr., Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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