Legal Opinion
Stella v. Kaiser
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 7, 1954No. 60, Docket 23107PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Chief Judge.
This appeal concerns the effect as res judicata and bar of a decree of settlement of a stockholders’ derivative action entered by a federal court pursuant to Fed.Rules Civ.Proc. 23(c), and of the releases executed thereunder. Plaintiff-appellant is one of several stockholders bringing a variety of derivative actions on behalf of the Kaiser-Frazer *65Corporation against its officers and directors. By order of a United States District Court in Michigan, after due notice, all claims were there consolidated and a settlement was reached which purported to bind all stockholders and…
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