Legal Opinion
Plaskow v. Peabody International Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 5, 1982No. 81 Civ. 6646 (WCC)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
CONNER, District Judge:
This is a stockholders’ derivative action, Rule 23.1, F.R. Civ. P., brought by Merrill Plaskow, II, a shareholder of Peabody International Corporation (“Peabody”), to recover for the corporation short-swing profits allegedly realized by defendant Merrill Gordon (“Gordon”), a Vice President of Peabody, in violation of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78p(b). Presently before the Court is the application of the parties for approval of a proposed settlement and an allowance of attorneys’ fees.
The subject of this action is the…
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