Legal Opinion
Lebold v. Inland Steel Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 29, 1941No. 7578PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, minority stockholders of the Inland Steamship Company, brought suit in the District Court to recover damages claimed to have been incurred by them by reason of alleged fraudulent acts of defendant Inland Steel Company in dissolving the Steamship Company, buying its assets and appropriating its business. The theory of plaintiffs was that defendant, owning some 80 per cent of the stock of the Steamship Company, had so utilized its dominant position as majority stockholder as to force the latter company out of a prosperous going business, to bring about its…
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