Legal Opinion
Shearin v. E.F. Hutton Group, Inc.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided December 8, 1994No. Civ. A. 9861PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALLEN, Chancellor.
Pending is a motion to dismiss the complaint and a cross motion to amend the complaint to add new matters. The litigation arises out of a course of action leading to the March 1986 firing of plaintiff from her position as Legal Counsel and Vice President of E.F. Hutton Trust Company (“Hutton Trust”), a Delaware limited purpose trust company chartered under Title 5 of the Delaware Code.
This suit was filed in April 1988. It purports to allege four causes of action, each of which is explained below. The gist of the complaint is that Hutton Trust was used inappropriately…
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