Legal Opinion
In Re Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 20, 1980No. 91PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Justice.
Appellants, minority stockholders in the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (J & L), sought to challenge the validity of a 1974 merger through which J & L “went private” and deprived them of equitable interest in J & L. The Superior *527Court ruled that appellants’ sole post-merger remedy is the statutory appraisal proceeding of § 515 of the Business Corporation Law (BCL),1 and reversed the determination of the Court of Common Pleas to the effect that it had jurisdiction in a § 515 proceeding to consider the validity of the merger. 263 Pa.Super. 378, 398 A.2d 186 (1979). We…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Southern Pacific Co. v. BogertSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Zahn v. Transamerica CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947
- Witney v. Lebanon CitySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Farris v. Glen Alden Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
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3Cited by52 opinions
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- Warden v. McLellandCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
- Herskowitz v. Nutri/System, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
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