Legal Opinion
Messinger v. United Canso Oil & Gas Ltd.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided December 22, 1978No. Civ. No. H-77-301PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLUMENFELD, District Judge.
RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS
This is a shareholder’s derivative suit, brought by a single shareholder of United Canso Oil and Gas Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Canso”), a Canadian corporation. He is suing several of the directors of Canso, John W. Buckley, Priscilla L. Buckley, Benjamin W. Heath, and Albert H. Barton (hereinafter referred to as the “individual defendants”), and the Catawba Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
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FACTS
The complaint alleges, and the affidavits submitted in connection with the motions to dismiss establish, that Canso, an oil and gas…
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