Legal Opinion
Larkin v. Baltimore Bancorp
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided June 21, 1991No. Civ. JFM-91-1239, JFM-91-1410PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOTZ, District Judge.
These cases arise from a proxy contest for control of Baltimore Bancorp (the “Bank”) between a group of dissident stockholders led by Edwin F. Hale (“Dissidents”) and the Bank’s current management (“Management”). Under the Bank’s existing bylaws six of its eighteen directors were to be elected at the annual stockholders meeting held in May. Dissidents fielded a slate of six candidates for those positions and, in an election whose results are not here challenged, Dissidents’ six candidates were elected.
Dissidents also presented proposals for stockholder vote which…
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- Barbara S. Larkin Edwin F. Hale, Sr. Charles J. Kelly, Jr. Richard E. Fasold Charles H. Whittum, Jr., in Their Individual Capacities and as Members of the Baltimore Bancorp Stockholders Committee, Baltimore Bancorp Stockholders Committee David S. Hungerford, M.D. Joseph Richard Leon Robert A. Pascal David D. Smith R. Andrew Larkin, Jr. G. Gregory Russell Barry B. Bondroff Herbert F. Lee Paul G. Hays, Jr. Dennis F. Rasmussen Thomas T. Koch Melvin S. Kabik Allen J. Flinchum v. Baltimore Bancorp, a Maryland Bank Holding Company Harry L. Robinson John C. Haigh Charles T. Albert L. Patrick Deering George B. Hess, Jr. W. Clark McClelland Theo C. Rodgers Rodney G. Stieff Robert F. Comstock F. Barton Harvey, Jr. Richard P. Manekin Martin L. Millspaugh Thomas H. Sherlock William A. Kroh John I. Leahy M. Peter Moser George L. Russell, Jr. Eleanor K. Trowbridge, in Their Official Capacities as Officers and Directors of Baltimore Bancorp, and the Corporation Trust Company, Barbara S. Larkin Edwin F. Hale, Sr. Charles J. Kelly, Jr. Richard E. Fasold Charles H. Whittum, Jr., in Their Individual Capacities and as Members of the Baltimore Bancorp Stockholders Committee, Baltimore Bancorp Stockholders Committee David S. Hungerford, M.D. Joseph Richard Leon Robert A. Pascal David D. Smith R. Andrew Larkin, Jr. G. Gregory Russell Barry B. Bondroff Herbert F. Lee Paul G. Hays, Jr. Dennis F. Rasmussen Thomas T. Koch Melvin S. Kabik Allen J. Flinchum v. Baltimore Bancorp, a Maryland Bank Holding Company Harry L. Robinson John C. Haigh Charles T. Albert L. Patrick Deering George B. Hess, Jr. W. Clark McClelland Theo C. Rodgers Rodney G. Stieff Robert F. Comstock F. Barton Harvey, Jr. Richard P. Manekin Martin L. Millspaugh Thomas H. Sherlock William A. Kroh John I. Leahy M. Peter Moser George L. Russell, Jr. Eleanor K. Trowbridge, in Their Official Capacities as Officers and Directors of Baltimore Bancorp, and the Corporation Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991