Legal Opinion

Crouse v. Rogers Park Apartments, Inc.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 1, 1951No. Gen. 45,292PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Schwartz

delivered the opinion of. the court.

This is an appeal from an order awarding a writ of mandamus to compel defendants to produce the stockholders’ list of defendant corporation. The president of the corporation is the owner of 70% of the stock and in complete control. He used the stockholders’ list to submit to stockholders an offer of $50 per share. Plaintiff, the owner of five shares, upon receiving the offer consulted her lawyer who called the president and told him that the price offered was inadequate, that plaintiff was willing to offer $60 per share to all…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Guthrie v. HarknessSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  2. Stone v. KelloggIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Morris v. Broadview, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1944
  4. State Ex Rel. Costelo v. Middlesex Banking Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
  5. Doggett v. North American Life Insurance Co. of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1947

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. John Mallick v. International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
  2. EL Bruce Company v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1958
  3. Robb v. Eastgate Hotel, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1952
  4. Hagen v. Distributed Solutions, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2002
  5. Shabshelowitz v. Fall River Gas Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1991

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